Cosmic Plasma (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 82) 1981st Edition by H. Alfvèn (PDF)

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The general background of this monograph and the aim of it is described in detail in Chapter I. As stated in 1.7 it is written according to the principle that “when rigour appears to conflict with simplicity, simplicity is given preference”, which means that it is intended for a rather broad public. Not only graduate students but also advanced undergraduates should be able to understand at least most of it. This monograph is the result of many years of inspiring discussions with a number of colleagues, for which I want to thank them very much. Especially I should mention the groups in Stockholm and La Jolla: in Stockholm, Dr Carl-Gunne Flilthammar and many of his collaborators, including Drs Lars Block, Per Carlqvist, Lennart lindberg, Michael Raadu, Staffan Torven, Miroslav Babic, and Itlgvar Axniis, and further, Drs Bo Lehnert and Bjorn Bonnevier, all at the Royal Institute of Technology. Of other col­ leagues in Sweden, I should mention Dr Bertel Laurent, Stockholm University, Dr Aina Elvius, The Stockholm Observatory, and Dr Bengt Hultqvist, Kiruna. In La Jolla my thanks go first of all to Dr Gustaf Arrhenius, who once invited me to La Jolla, which was the start of a most interesting collaboration; further, to Dr W. B.

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⭐This book is another one that should be in the library of all cosmologists.Written by the Nobel Prize winning physicist Hannes Alfven, it details clearly that something is seriously wrong with modern cosmology and proceeds to explain exactly what it is – theory has replaced the empirical method so that the modern science of cosmology is so far divorced from experimentation & reality as to be more of a dogma than a science. Perhaps it is best to let Alfven’s own words describe things, where he is discussing the total failure of controlled fusion experiments to actually work despite 50 years and billions upon billions of dollars spent:”The crushing victory of the theoretical approach over the experimental approach lasted only until the theory was used to make verifiable predictions. From the theory it was concluded that in the laboratory, plasmas could be easily confined in magnetic fields and heated to such temperatures as to make the thermonuclear release of energy possible. When attempts were made to construct thermonuclear reactors, a confrontation between the theories and reality was unavoidable. The result was catastrophic. Although the theories were generally accepted, the plasma itself refused to believe in them. It was slowly realized that one had to develop new theories, but this time in close contact with experiments.The “thermonuclear crisis” did not affect cosmic plasma physics very much. The development of the theories continued because they largely dealt with phenomena in regions of space where no reality check was possible. The fact that the basis of several of the theories had been proved to be false in the laboratory had very little effect – one said that this did not necessarily prove that they must also be false in the cosmos! Much work was done developing these theories, leading to a gigantic structure of speculative theories which have no empirical support”And this is where things still remain, 37 years later. Fusion power is still the energy of the future and I suspect it always will be as Stars do not work this way.

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