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essential guide

The Essential Guide to the Electric Universe (EG2EU)

Written by Bob Johnson
Edited by Jim Johnson

Contents

NGC 265 Essential Guide to the EU – Preface
Chandra X-ray Observatory estimates of the "total energy content of the Universe".  Only "normal matter" can be directly detected with telescopes.  The remaining matter and energy are invisible.    Image Credit:  NASA WMAP Essential Guide to the EU – Introduction
Trigonometric parallax diagram courtesy Australian Telescope Outreach and Education website Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 1
Distances in Space

Magnetic field lines surround a conductor in concentric, equal valued cylinders or "shells".  Note that if you align your right thumb in the direction arrow of the current, your curled fingers show the magnetic field direction.  Image credit: Wikimedia Commons, captions added Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 2
Magnetic and Electric Fields in Space

While plasma studies may focus on a single subject such as fusion energy production, the understanding of how the Universe operates also awaits the student with a wider interest.  Image credit:  DOE-Princeton Plasma Physics Lab; Peter Ginter Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 3
Plasma

field-aligned relativistic electron producing X-ray wavelength synchrotron radiation Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 4
Electromagnetism

Image adapted from above sources to illustrate charge relationships and electric field potential in a DL - J. Johnson, 2011 Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 5
Plasma Sheaths, Cells, and Current-Free Double Layers

Marklund convection and sorting in a magnetically pinched current.  Image courtesy of Wal Thornhill, www.holoscience.com Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 6
Currents, Filaments and Pinches

Flux ropes fr ApJ Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 7
Birkeland Currents, Magnetic Ropes and Current-Carrying Double Layers

Van Allen belts Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 8
Current Sheets, Perpendicular Currents and Electric Circuits

Photo of experimental plasma lab instability: "Kink occurs when the central column becomes sufficiently long to satisfy instability condition", from the presentation, "Simulating Astrophysical Jets in the Laboratory"  Courtesy Prof. Paul Bellan, KTTP & Caltech Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 9
Plasma Circuit Instabilities

courtesy, Chandra X-ray telescope, one of NASA's Great Observatories Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 10
Rotational Effects

Image of the Sun as it would look in the radio portion of the spectrum at a frequency of 1.4 gigaHertz.  The Sun emits much more energy at higher frequencies such as visible and ultraviolet and X-ray light. Image courtesy the Very Large Array, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 11
Radiation

Examples of dot products at different angles Appendix I – Vector Algebra
Maxwells-equations-550x303a Appendix II: The Electro-magnetic Field Equations
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