1990/01/01 by Hannes Alfvén · 3 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Plasma Diagnostics and Applications #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena #Cosmology #Exposition (narrative) #Physics #Universe #Astrophysical plasma #COSMIC cancer database #Plasma #Astrophysics #Astronomy #Space (punctuation) #Theoretical physics #Computer science #Quantum mechanics
paper · doi:10.1109/27.45495
openalex publication_date 1990/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Acceptance of the plasma universe model is now leading to drastically new views of the structure of the universe. The basic aspects of cosmological importance are: (a) the same basic laws of plasma physics hold everywhere; (b) mapping of electric fields and currents is necessary to understand cosmic plasma; (c) space is filled with a network of currents leading to the cellular and filamentary structure of matter; and (d) double layers, critical velocity, and pinch effects are of decisive importance in how cosmic evolves. A review is presented of a number of the outstanding questions of cosmology in the plasma universe.>