Alfven's programme in solar system physics

Details Alfven's programme in solar system physics Alfven's programme in solar system physics

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992itps...20..577b&link_type=abstract

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (ISSN 0093-3813), vol. 20, no. 6, p. 577-589.

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Field Aligned Currents, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Prediction Analysis Techniques, Solar System, Ion Production Rates, Plasma Layers, Uranus Rings

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The research of Hannes Alfven and his colleagues on solar system physics is examined in order to determine whether scientists actually follow the policy of judging a theory by its ability to make successful predictions. Tests of seven predictions are considered: magnetic braking, MHD waves, field-aligned ('Birkeland') currents, critical ionization velocity and the rings of Uranus, jet streams, electrostatic double layers, and partial corotation ('2/3 effect'). The success or failure of these predictions was found to have essentially no effect on the acceptance of Alfven's theories. It is inferred that the role of prediction as a means of evaluating scientific theories has been exaggerated.

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