Plasma model of microwave background and primordial elements: an alternative to the big bang

Lerner, E. J.

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“…It has been suggested by Bostick and co-workers [1 -3] that laboratory plasma currents are naturally filamented. This is further supported by the work of Lerner [4,5] on astrophysical plasmas. A general plasma description in terms of current filaments would be very different in application from the classical magnetohydrodynamic theory.…”

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General construction of force-free current filaments

Salingaros

1992

Phys. Rev. A

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A complete construction of cables with vanishing Lorentz self-force is given (solution of the cylindrically symmetric force-free problem for nonconstant a). A key component of the result is that boundary conditions are intrinsic and cannot be imposed, which implies that many previous solutions of the problem are in fact spurious. Two force-free current ropes are constructed as an illustration. These results have applications in magnetic fusion; space physics, solar physics, and astrophysics; force-reduced superconducting magnet windings; and superconducting cables for power transmission. PACS number(s): 52.25.Fi, 41.20.8t

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“…In general, one may take any appropriate j, profile, such as, for example, those given in Sec. 5 of Ref. [16], and immediately write down a model for a force-free cable.…”

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General construction of force-free current filaments

Salingaros

1992

Phys. Rev. A

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“…Lerner [177,178] proposes that electrons in intergalactic magnetic fields emit and absorb microwave radiation. There is no relation between the direction in which the radiation was moving when it was absorbed and its direction on re-emission, so the microwaves would be scattered.…”

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Tests and Problems of the Standard Model in Cosmology

López-Corredoira

2017

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The main foundations of the standard ΛCDM model of cosmology are that: 1) The redshifts of the galaxies are due to the expansion of the Universe plus peculiar motions; 2) The cosmic microwave background radiation and its anisotropies derive from the high energy primordial Universe when matter and radiation became decoupled; 3) The abundance pattern of the light elements is explained in terms of primordial nucleosynthesis; and 4) The formation and evolution of galaxies can be explained only in terms of gravitation within a inflation+dark matter+dark energy scenario. Numerous tests have been carried out on these ideas and, although the standard model works pretty well in fitting many observations, there are also many data that present apparent caveats to be understood with it. In this paper, I offer a review of these tests and problems, as well as some examples of alternative models.Keywords Cosmology · Observational cosmology · Origin, formation, and abundances of the elements · dark matter · dark energy · superclusters and large-scale structure of the Universe

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“…With regard to the CMBR, Lerner (1988Lerner ( , 1995 explains it in terms of absorption and re-emission of the radiation produced by stars. It is similar to the mechanism proposed by QSSC, but here the thermalization is due to interaction with electrons.…”

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Non-standard models and the sociology of cosmology

López-Corredoira

2014

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in

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I review some theoretical ideas in cosmology different from the standard "Big Bang": the quasi-steady state model, the plasma cosmology model, noncosmological redshifts, alternatives to non-baryonic dark matter and/or dark energy, and others. Cosmologists do not usually work within the framework of alternative cosmologies because they feel that these are not at present as competitive as the standard model. Certainly, they are not so developed, and they are not so developed because cosmologists do not work on them. It is a vicious circle. The fact that most cosmologists do not pay them any attention and only dedicate their research time to the standard model is to a great extent due to a sociological phenomenon (the "snowball effect" or "groupthink"). We might well wonder whether cosmology, our knowledge of the Universe as a whole, is a science like other fields of physics or a predominant ideology.

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Plasma model of microwave background and primordial elements: an alternative to the big bang

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General construction of force-free current filaments

General construction of force-free current filaments

Tests and Problems of the Standard Model in Cosmology

Non-standard models and the sociology of cosmology

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