ArthurWilborn
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I got on to this idea from reading the works of the late James P. Hogan. The man writes decent science fiction until you realize he believes all of the ridiculous made up science in his books. Notably, that the natural state of the Earth is careening around the solar system like a pinball, including a significant fraction of time spent as a moon of Saturn (the tidal forces are what allowed dinosaurs to grow so tall).
Now of all the ridiculous concepts he put out, there's one I'm not qualified to debunk as my knowledge of Physics begins and ends with Newton. The concept is the "Electric Universe"; that gravity is simply another form of electromagnetism. This is claimed to be a solution for the "dark matter" paradox; what looks like gravity from undetectable matter is in fact electromagnetic forces powered by much smaller masses of high energy plasma.
Here's a paper on the subject:
"Abstract,A majority of baryons in the cosmos are in the plasma
state. However, fundamental disagreements about the properties
and behavior of electromagnetic ï¬Âelds in these plasmas exist
between the science of modern astronomy/astrophysics and the
experimentally veriï¬Âed laws of electrical engineering and plasma
physics. Many helioastronomers claim that magnetic ï¬Âelds can
be open ended. Astrophysicists have claimed that galactic mag-
netic ï¬Âelds begin and end on molecular clouds. Most electrical
engineers, physicists, and pioneers in the electromagnetic ï¬Âeld
theory disagree, i.e., magnetic ï¬Âelds have no beginning or end.
Many astrophysicists still claim that magnetic ï¬Âelds are "frozen
into" electric plasma. The "magnetic merging" (reconnection)
mechanism is also falsiï¬Âed by both theoretical and experimental
investigations. "
http://members.cox.net/dascott3/IEEE-TransPlasmaSci-Scott-Aug2007.pdf
Here's a sample chapter of a book:
"Plasma physicists know that 96% of the universe is not made up of "invisible matter" but rather of matter in the plasma state. Electromagnetic forces between electrical charges are many orders of magnitude stronger than Newton's gravitational force, and we are finding that deep space is filled with electrical charges and magnetic energy. In fact, using the accepted estimated value of the magnetic field strength in the volume between our Sun and its nearest stellar neighbor, this field stores an amount of energy that would keep the Sun radiating for about 200 years."
http://members.cox.net/dascott3/index.htm
Have any astronomers/cosmologists here ever heard of such a thing?
Now of all the ridiculous concepts he put out, there's one I'm not qualified to debunk as my knowledge of Physics begins and ends with Newton. The concept is the "Electric Universe"; that gravity is simply another form of electromagnetism. This is claimed to be a solution for the "dark matter" paradox; what looks like gravity from undetectable matter is in fact electromagnetic forces powered by much smaller masses of high energy plasma.
Here's a paper on the subject:
"Abstract,A majority of baryons in the cosmos are in the plasma
state. However, fundamental disagreements about the properties
and behavior of electromagnetic ï¬Âelds in these plasmas exist
between the science of modern astronomy/astrophysics and the
experimentally veriï¬Âed laws of electrical engineering and plasma
physics. Many helioastronomers claim that magnetic ï¬Âelds can
be open ended. Astrophysicists have claimed that galactic mag-
netic ï¬Âelds begin and end on molecular clouds. Most electrical
engineers, physicists, and pioneers in the electromagnetic ï¬Âeld
theory disagree, i.e., magnetic ï¬Âelds have no beginning or end.
Many astrophysicists still claim that magnetic ï¬Âelds are "frozen
into" electric plasma. The "magnetic merging" (reconnection)
mechanism is also falsiï¬Âed by both theoretical and experimental
investigations. "
http://members.cox.net/dascott3/IEEE-TransPlasmaSci-Scott-Aug2007.pdf
Here's a sample chapter of a book:
"Plasma physicists know that 96% of the universe is not made up of "invisible matter" but rather of matter in the plasma state. Electromagnetic forces between electrical charges are many orders of magnitude stronger than Newton's gravitational force, and we are finding that deep space is filled with electrical charges and magnetic energy. In fact, using the accepted estimated value of the magnetic field strength in the volume between our Sun and its nearest stellar neighbor, this field stores an amount of energy that would keep the Sun radiating for about 200 years."
http://members.cox.net/dascott3/index.htm
Have any astronomers/cosmologists here ever heard of such a thing?