Coming new to the concept of the Electric Universe, but by no means hostile to it (for some of it makes a lot of sense), I would like to pose a couple of questions which I don't yet understand. Apologies if these appear as naive questions.
Are Electric Universe supporters saying that the galaxies are plugged in together in a similar manner to a Christmas tree, connected by Birkeland currents (or something similar) and powered by an unknown source? In which case, wouldn't the source be very big and obvious? Or, is it that the galaxies, and maybe their component stars, are 'wired' together but each contributing their own power to the giant circuit? In which case, wouldn't they be reaching some kind of equilibrium?
Electric Baubles in the Night
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GrahamC50
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Steve Smith
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Re: Electric Baubles in the Night
Yes, galaxies are born along the loci of z-pinches in pan-galactic Birkelnad current filaments. The power source is charge separation in space, particularly in clouds of plasma. The source is not "very big and obvious" or else everyone would acknowledge it. Rather, it is incredibly diffuse.
Material in space is at a far lower density than any vacuum that can be created on Earth, but matter does exist in the regions between stars and galaxies. The best pumped vacuums on Earth typically reach a 0.1 millimeter spacing between individual atoms.
Between stars, there is one atom per cubic centimeter, while in the Milky Way's galactic halo they are estimated to be ten centimeters apart. The regions of least density are in the intergalactic voids, where it is theorized that there is only one atom for every ten cubic meters.
Although there aren't a lot of atoms, there are a lot of cubic centimeters, so galaxies and stars can form when plasma's ionization regions separate. When that happens, electric charge flows between the regions. As the current density increases, the material density in the filament increases, which increases the current density, and so on. Finally, the Birkeland currents are squeezed to such an extent that electromagnetic pinches form: stars and galaxies are born.
Power Lines
The Interstellar Medium
Material in space is at a far lower density than any vacuum that can be created on Earth, but matter does exist in the regions between stars and galaxies. The best pumped vacuums on Earth typically reach a 0.1 millimeter spacing between individual atoms.
Between stars, there is one atom per cubic centimeter, while in the Milky Way's galactic halo they are estimated to be ten centimeters apart. The regions of least density are in the intergalactic voids, where it is theorized that there is only one atom for every ten cubic meters.
Although there aren't a lot of atoms, there are a lot of cubic centimeters, so galaxies and stars can form when plasma's ionization regions separate. When that happens, electric charge flows between the regions. As the current density increases, the material density in the filament increases, which increases the current density, and so on. Finally, the Birkeland currents are squeezed to such an extent that electromagnetic pinches form: stars and galaxies are born.
Power Lines
The Interstellar Medium
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GrahamC50
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Re: Electric Baubles in the Night
Steve, thankyou for that very helpful explanation.
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