• DocumentCode
    1089518
  • Title

    Real Properties of Electromagnetic Fields and Plasma in the Cosmos

  • Author

    Scott, Donald E.

  • Author_Institution
    Massachusetts Univ., Amherst
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    822
  • Lastpage
    827
  • Abstract
    A majority of baryons in the cosmos are in the plasma state. However, fundamental disagreements about the properties and behavior of electromagnetic fields in these plasmas exist between the science of modern astronomy/astrophysics and the experimentally verified laws of electrical engineering and plasma physics. Many helioastronomers claim that magnetic fields can be open ended. Astrophysicists have claimed that galactic magnetic fields begin and end on molecular clouds. Most electrical engineers, physicists, and pioneers in the electromagnetic field theory disagree, i.e., magnetic fields have no beginning or end. Many astrophysicists still claim that magnetic fields are ldquofrozen intordquo electric plasma. The ldquomagnetic mergingrdquo (reconnection) mechanism is also falsified by both theoretical and experimental investigations.
  • Keywords
    astrophysical magnetic fields; astrophysical plasma; baryons; cosmology; interstellar molecular clouds; magnetic reconnection; astrophysics; baryons; cosmos; electric plasma; electrical engineering laws; electromagnetic field properties; electromagnetic field theory; galactic magnetic fields; helioastronomy; magnetic merging; magnetic reconnection; molecular clouds; open ended magnetic fields; plasma physics; plasma properties; Astronomy; Astrophysics; Clouds; Electrical engineering; Electromagnetic field theory; Electromagnetic fields; Magnetic fields; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Physics; Plasma properties; Magnetic fields; Maxwell equations; merging; plasmas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2007.895424
  • Filename
    4287080