PLASMA COSMOLOGY

Plasma Cosmology

ELECTRIC SPACE

The Evidence For Electrical Currents in Cosmic Plasma, A. L. Peratt, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 18, p.26 (1990) (548KB).

Plasma Experiments in the Laboratory and Space, A. L. Peratt, C.-G. Fälthammar, and N. Rynn (1992) (548KB)

Equilibrium of Intergalactic Currents, B. E. Meierovich and A. L. Peratt, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 20, p.891, 1992 (152KB)

Advances in Numerical Modeling of Astrophysical and Space Plasma, A. L. Peratt, APSS 242, 1997 (3.3MB)

Advances in Numerical Modeling of Astrophysical and Space Plasma, Part II Astrophysical Force Laws on the Large Scale. A. L. Peratt, APSS 256, 1998 (2.1MB)

Advances in Numerical Modeling of Astrophysical and Space Plasma, Part II Astrophysical Force Laws on the Large Scale. A .L. Peratt, APSS 256, 1998 [Adobe annotated edition] (8.3MB)

ENERGY DENSITY AND TEMPERATURE OF UNIVERSE

The Redshift Revisited A.K.T. Assis and M.C.D. Neves(36KB), Astrophys. Space Sci. 227, 13-24, 1995 (696K)

The Temperature of Space, C.H. Guillame 1896 (108KB)

Thermalization of synchrotron radiation from field-aligned currents, W. Peter and A. Peratt, Laser and Particle Beams, vol. 6, part 3, pp. 493-501, 1988 (560K)

COBE Satellite Finds No Hint of Excess in the Cosmic Microwave Spectrum, Physics Today, 1990 (128K).

COBE Sows Cosmological Confusion, Science, vol. 257, 28, 1992 (356K).

Fretting About Statistics, Daniel Kleppner, Physics Today, July 1992 (236KB).

On the Critical Ionization Velocity Effect in Interstellar Space and Possible Detection of Related Continuum Emission, G. L. Verschuur, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., vol. 35, pp. 759-766, 2007.

GALAXIES

Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, H. Arp, Astrophys. J., Supplement Series, 123-132, 1966 (152K).

Evolution of the Plasma Universe: I. Double Radio Galaxies, Quasars, and Extragalactic Jets, A. L. Peratt, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. Vol. PS-14, N.6, pp.639-660, December 1986.(1.7M)

Evolution of the Plasma Universe: II. The Formation of Systems of Galaxies, A. L. Peratt, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. Vol. PS-14, N.6, pp.763-778, December 1986 (1.9M).

The Role of Particle Beams and Electrical Currents in the Plasma Universe, A. L. Peratt, Laser and Particle Beams, vol.6, part.3, pp.471-491, 1988.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, SPECIAL ISSUES ON PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY

Electrical Engineering, Plasma Science, and the Plasma Universe, A. L. Peratt, 1986 (312KB)

The Golden Anniversary of Magnetic Storms and the Aurorae, T. A. Potemra and A. L. Peratt, 1989 (516KB)

Guest Editorial: The IEEE International Conference on Plasma Cosmology, La Jolla, CA, A. L. Peratt, 1990 (1.1MB)

Guest Editorial: Plasma Experiments in the Laboratory and in Space, A. L. Peratt, C.-G. Fälthammar, N. Rynn, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 1992 (548K).

Guest Editorial, Space Weather Effects, S. T. Lai, N. Singh, A. L. Peratt, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. December 2000 (36K).

Guest Editorial Sixth Special Issue on Space and Cosmic Plasma, A. L. Peratt and C.-G. Fälthammer, December 2003 (1.4MB)

Guest Editorial Seventh Special Issue on Space and Cosmic Plasma, A. L. Peratt and T. E. Eastman, August 2007 (3 MB)

LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS

Evolution of Colliding Plasmas, A. Peratt, J. Green, and D. Nielsen, Physical Review Letters, 44, pp. 1767-1770, 1980 (248K).

Microwave Generation from Filamentation and Vortex Formation within Magnetically Confined Electron Beams, A. L. Peratt and C. M. Snell, Physical Review Letters, 54, pp. 1167-1170, 1985 (688K).

A Particle-in-Cell Simulation of a Cyclic Beam Buncher, A. L. Peratt, C. M. Snell, and F. S. Felber, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 18, p.626, (1990) (448KB).

REDSHIFTS

Comments on Tired-Light Mechanisms, H. Arp, IEEE TPS v.18, 1990 (136K).

Evidence for Quantized and Variable Redshifts in the Cosmic Background Rest Frame , W. G. Tifft, in Modern Mathematical Models of Time and Their Applications to Physics and Cosmology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1997 (1.2M).

Redshifts and Blueshifts of Spectral Lines Emitted by Two Correlated Sources, E. Wolf, Phys. Rev. Letters, 58, 2646, 1987 (176K)

Shifts of Spectral Lines Caused by Scattering from Fluctuating Random Media, D. F. V. James, M. P. Savedoff, and E. Wolf, Astrophysical J., 359, 67, 1990 (448K).

SOLAR, SOLAR SYSTEM, INTERSTELLAR, GALACTIC PLASMA, PLASMA SPACE, ELECTRIC SPACE

Filamentation of Volcanic Plumes on the Jovian Satellite Io, A. L. Peratt and A. J. Dessler, Astrophys. Space Sci. 144, pp. 451-461, 1988 (1M).

Was the Titius-Bode Series Dictated by the Minimum Energy States of the Generic Solar Plasma? E. Wells, IEEE TPS v.18, 1990 (264K).

Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen Filaments at High Galactic Latitudes and the Bennett Pinch, G. L. Verschuur, Astrophys. Space Sci. 227, pp. 187-198, 1995 (776K).

Radiation Properties of Pulsar Magnetospheres: Observation, Theory, and Experiment. K. Healy and A. Peratt, Astrophys. Space Sci. 227, 1995 (1.1MB).

Galactic Neutral Hydrogen Emission Profile Structure, G. L. Verschuur and A. L. Peratt, Astron. J. 118, pp.1252-1267, 1999 (672K).

Observation of the CIV Effect in Interstellar Clouds: A Speculation on the Physical Mechanism for Their Existence, A. L. Peratt and G. L. Verschuur, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. December 2000 (344K).

Trends in Apparent Time Intervals Between Multiple Supernovae Occurrences, E. Sanders, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci.31, pp.1252-1262, 2003 (408Kb)

Self-similarity of plasma networking in a broad range of length scales: From laboratory to cosmic plasmas, A. B. Kukushkin and V. A. Rantsev-Kartinov, Rev. Scientific Instr., 70, n.2, pp.1387-1391, 1999.

SPACE PLASMA PIONEERS

Plasma Physics from Laboratory to Cosmos—The Life and Achievements of Hannes Alfvén, C.-G. Fälthammar (808KB)

Dean of the Plasma Dissidents, A. L. Peratt, The World & I, Natural Science Sec., pp.190-197, May 1988, (4 MB)

The Most Feared Astronomer on Earth: Halton Arp. W. Kaufman III. (592KB).

A Tribute to Oscar Buneman—Pioneer of Plasma Simulation, R. Buneman, R. J. Barker, A. L. Peratt, S. H. Brecht, A. B. Langdon, H. R. Lewis, IEEE Trans.Plasma Sci. 22, 1994 (1.2MB)

Particle Beams and Basic Plasma Phenomena in the Plasma Universe: A Special Issue in Honor of the 80th Birthday of Hannes Alfvén, Laser and Particle Beams, v.6, pt.3, 1988 (464KB)

The Legacy of Birkeland's Plasma Torch, A. L. Peratt, The Kristian Birkeland Lecture, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, v.9, Oslo, Norway, 1996 (12MB).

In Memoriam Grote Reber 1911-2002 Founder of Radio Astronomy, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 31, December 2003 (372kB)

ENERGETIC AURORAS: NEAR-EARTH MANIFESTATIONS OF THE PLASMA UNIVERSE

Characteristics for the Occurrence of a High-Current, Z-Pinch Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity, A. L. Peratt, Trans. Plasma Sci. V.31, N.6, pp. 1102-1214, December 2003 (6.6MB)

Evidence for an Intense Aurora Recorded in Antiquity, A. L. Peratt, IEEE Int. Conf. Plasma Sci,.Conference Record, Jeju, Korea, June 2003. p.143 (328kB).

The Origin of Petroglyphs—Recordings of a Catastrophic Aurora in Human Prehistory? D. A. Scott and A. L. Peratt, IEEE Int. Conf. Plasma Sci., Conference Record, Jeju, Korea, June 2003. p.143 (84kB).

Stonehenge—A Giant Petroglyph? University of Pennsylvania Almanac, Vol.48, No. 08, October 2001 (Update February 18, 2004)(248kB).

Derivation of the Chandrasekhar-Fermi-Shafranov Equations and Their Graphical Solution with a High Fidelity Computational Facility, A. L. Peratt, 2005,

Problems of Gravitational Stability in the Presence of a Magnetic Field, S. Chandrasekhar and E. Fermi, Astrophys. J., V.118, pp. 116-141, 1953. (1.8MB).

Orientation of Intense Z-Pinch Instabilities from an Intense Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity: Western USA, A. L. Peratt, IEEE Int. Conf. Plasma Sci., Conference Record, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, June 2004.

Orientation of Z-Pinch Instabilities from an Intense Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity: South America, D. Scott and A. L. Peratt, IEEE Int. Conf. Plasma Sci., Conference Record, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, June 2004.

Orientation of Intense Z-Pinch Instabilities from an Intense Aurora as Recorded in Prehistory. A. L. Peratt, , D. A. Scott, and M. A. van der Sluijs. Bulletin of The American Physical Society, 46th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Savannah, Georgia, 2004.

Synchrotron Radiation from an Intense Auroral Z-Pinch Recorded in Prehistory, A. L. Peratt, IEEE Conference Record-Abstracts, 05CH37707, p. 198, Monterey, California, 2005.

Evidence of an Influx of Interstellar Plasma from Archaic Z-Pinch Recordings. A. L. Peratt, M. A. Van Der Sluijs, and D. A. Scott, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, APR05-2005-000897, Tampa, Florida, April 16-19, 2005.

An Intense Z-Pinch Aurora Horn Mapped by Surveys of Recordings from Antiquity, M. G. Peratt and A. L. Peratt, IEEE Conference Records-Abstracts, Traverse City, Michigan, June 2006.

An Intense Auroral Z-Pinch Recorded in Antiquity on Southwestern Artifacts , A. H. Qöyawayma and A. L. Peratt, IEEE Conference Records-Abstracts, Traverse City, Michigan, June 2006.

Intense Prehistoric Auroral Z-Pinch Recordings: Surveys of Columbia River Gorge and South Australian Petroglyphs , A.L. Peratt, J. McGovern, and C. Pedersen, IEEE Conference Records-Abstracts, Traverse City, Michigan, June 2006.

Intense Prehistoric Auroral Z-Pinch Recordings: Surveys South Korean and Thailand Petroglyphs , M.A. Van Der Sluijs and A.L. Peratt, IEEE Conference Records-Abstracts, Traverse City, Michigan, June 2006.

A. L. Peratt, Orientation of Z-pinch instabilities from an intense aurora as recorded in antiquity: South America, Conf. Record, Int. Conf. Plasma Sci., 2004.

D. Scott and A. L. Peratt, Orientation of Z-pinch instabilities from an intense aurora as recorded in antiquity: South America, 31st Int. Conf. on Plasma Science, Savanah, Georgia, 2004.

A. L. Peratt, M. A. Van der Sluijs, J. McGovern, and P. Bustamante, Reconstruction of an intense auroral Z-pinch from instabilitis recorded in antiquity, Am. Phys. Soc., Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, 2006.

A. L. Peratt and M. A. Van der Sluijs, and D. Scott, Evidence of an influx of interstellar plasma from archaic Z-pinch recordings, Am. Phys. Soc. Spring Meeting, 2005.

M. A. Van der Sluijs and A. L. Peratt, Intense prehistoric suroral Z-pinch recordings: Surveys of South Korean and Thailand petroglyphs, International Conf. Plasma Sci., Traverse City, Michigan 2006

M. G. Peratt and A. L. Peratt, An intense Z-pinch aurora horn mapped by surveys of recordings from antiquity, International Conf. Plasma Sci., Traverse City, Michigan 2006

A. L. Peratt, J. McGovern, C. Pedersen, Intense prehistoric auroral Z-pinch recordings: Surveys of Columbia River Gorge and South Australian Petroglyphs, International Conf. Plasma Sci., Traverse City, Michigan 2006

A. H. Qöyawayma and A. L. Peratt, An intense auroral Z-pinch recorded in antiquity on Southwestern artifacts, International Conf. Plasma Sci., Traverse City, Michigan 2006

A. B. Kukushkin, Nanodust in Space, International Conf. Plasma Sci., Traverse City, Michigan 2006

A. H. Qöyawayma and A. L. Peratt, The influence of 56 synchrotron radiating Birkeland filaments formed in an archaic auroral sheath on man-made structures and artifacts found worldwide, International Conf. Plasma Sci., Albuquerque, New Mexico 2007, Conf. Record.

W. F. Yao and A. L. Peratt, Observations of a quadrupole from recordings of an intense aurora in prehistory: Three Rivers petroglyphs, International Conf. Plasma Sci., Albuquerque, New Mexico 2007 Conf. Record.

A. B. Kukushkin, Electrodynamic aggregation of nanodust as a source of long-lived filaments in laboratory electric discharges and space, Trans. Plasma Sci. v.35, n.5, 2007 (3.5 MB)

V. A. Rantsev-Kartinov, Skeletal Structures in the Images of Cosmic Dust Clouds and Solar System Planets, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. v.35, n.4, 2007 (1 MB)

M. M. Milanese, J. J. Niedbalski, and R. L. Moroso, Filaments in the Sheath Evolution of the Dense Plasma Focus as Applied to Intense Auroral Observations, Trans. Plasma Sci. v.35, n.4, 2007 (400 KB)

A. L. Peratt, Characteristics for the Occurrence of a High-Current, Z-Pinch Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity, Trans. Plasma Sci. v.31, n.6, 2003 (12 MB)

A. L. Peratt, J. McGovern, A. H. Qöyawayma, M. A. Van der Sluijs, and M. G. Peratt, Characteristics for the Occurrence of a High-Current
Z-Pinch Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity Part II: Directionality and Source
, Trans. Plasma Sci. v.35, n.4, 2007 (3.4 MB)

PLASMA SCIENCE APPLICATION PRESENTATIONS

“Multiple Platform Application of 3D CAD PIC Simulations in Pulsed Power: The Coaxial Plasma Thruster”, Invited Paper, A. L. Peratt and M. A. Mostrom, IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Madison, WI.,1995 (4.6MB Quicktime Movie)

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