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Plasma cosmology
Plasma cosmology is a non-standard cosmology whose central postulate is that
the dynamics of ionized gases and plasmas play important, if not dominant, roles
in the physics of the universe beyond the Solar System.[2][3] In contrast, the
current observations and models of cosmologists and astrophysicists explain the
formation, development, and evolution of astronomical bodies and large-scale
structures in the universe as influenced by gravity (including its formulation in
Einstein's theory of general relativity) and baryonic physics.[4]

Some theoretical concepts about plasma cosmology originated with Hannes

Alfvén, who tentatively[5] proposed the use of plasma scaling to extrapolate the
results of laboratory experiments and plasma physics observations and scale them
over many orders-of-magnitude up to the largest observable objects in the
universe (see box.[1])

Cosmologists and astrophysicists who have evaluated plasma cosmology have

rejected it because it does not match the observations of astrophysical phenomena
as well as current cosmological theory. Very few papers supporting plasma
cosmology have appeared in the literature since the mid-1990s.

The term plasma universe is sometimes used as a synonym for plasma Hannes Alfvén suggested that
cosmology,[2] as an alternative description of the plasma in the universe.[3] scaling laboratory results can be
extrapolated up to the scale of
the universe. A scaling jump by a
factor 109 was required to
extrapolate to the
Contents magnetosphere, a second jump
to extrapolate to galactic
Alfvén–Klein cosmology
conditions, and a third jump to
Plasma cosmology and the study of galaxies extrapolate to the Hubble
Comparison to mainstream astrophysics distance.[1]
References and notes
Further reading
External links

Alfvén–Klein cosmology
In the 1960s, the theory behind plasma cosmology was introduced by Alfvén,[6] a plasma expert[7] who won the 1970 Nobel
Prize in Physics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). In 1971, Oskar Klein, a Swedish theoretical physicist,
extended the earlier proposals and developed the Alfvén–Klein model of the universe,[8] or "metagalaxy", an earlier term
used to refer to the empirically accessible part of the universe, rather than the entire universe including parts beyond our
particle horizon.[9][7] In this Alfvén–Klein cosmology, sometimes called Klein–Alfvén cosmology, the universe is made up
of equal amounts of matter and antimatter with the boundaries between the regions of matter and antimatter being
delineated by cosmic electromagnetic fields formed by double layers, thin regions comprising two parallel layers with

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opposite electrical charge. Interaction between these boundary regions would generate radiation, and this would form the
plasma. Alfvén introduced the term ambiplasma for a plasma made up of matter and antimatter and the double layers are
thus formed of ambiplasma. According to Alfvén, such an ambiplasma would be relatively long-lived as the component
particles and antiparticles would be too hot and too low-density to annihilate each other rapidly. The double layers will act
to repel clouds of opposite type, but combine clouds of the same type, creating ever-larger regions of matter and
antimatter. The idea of ambiplasma was developed further into the forms of heavy ambiplasma (protons-antiprotons) and
light ambiplasma (electrons-positrons).[6]

Alfvén–Klein cosmology was proposed in part to explain the observed baryon asymmetry in the universe, starting from an
initial condition of exact symmetry between matter and antimatter. According to Alfvén and Klein, ambiplasma would
naturally form pockets of matter and pockets of antimatter that would expand outwards as annihilation between matter
and antimatter occurred in the double layer at the boundaries. They concluded that we must just happen to live in one of
the pockets that was mostly baryons rather than antibaryons, explaining the baryon asymmetry. The pockets, or bubbles,
of matter or antimatter would expand because of annihilations at the boundaries, which Alfvén considered as a possible
explanation for the observed expansion of the universe, which would be merely a local phase of a much larger history.
Alfvén postulated that the universe has always existed [10][11] due to causality arguments and the rejection of ex nihilo
models, such as the Big Bang, as a stealth form of creationism.[12][13] The exploding double layer was also suggested by
Alfvén as a possible mechanism for the generation of cosmic rays, [14] X-ray bursts and gamma-ray bursts.[15]

In 1993, theoretical cosmologist Jim Peebles criticized Alfvén–Klein cosmology, writing that "there is no way that the
results can be consistent with the isotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation and X-ray backgrounds".[16] In
his book he also showed that Alfvén's models do not predict Hubble's law, the abundance of light elements, or the
existence of the cosmic microwave background. A further difficulty with the ambiplasma model is that matter–antimatter
annihilation results in the production of high energy photons, which are not observed in the amounts predicted. While it is
possible that the local "matter-dominated" cell is simply larger than the observable universe, this proposition does not
lend itself to observational tests.

Plasma cosmology and the study of galaxies

Hannes Alfvén from the 1960s to 1980s argued that plasma played an important if not dominant role in the universe
because electromagnetic forces are far more important than gravity when acting on interplanetary and interstellar charged
particles.[17] He further hypothesized that they might promote the contraction of interstellar clouds and may even
constitute the main mechanism for contraction, initiating star formation.[18] The current standard view is that magnetic
fields can hinder collapse, that large-scale Birkeland currents have not been observed, and that the length scale for charge
neutrality is predicted to be far smaller than the relevant cosmological scales.[19]

In the 1980s and 1990s, Alfvén and Anthony Peratt, a plasma physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, outlined a
program they called the "plasma universe".[20][21][22] In plasma universe proposals, various plasma physics phenomena
were associated with astrophysical observations and were used to explain extant mysteries and problems outstanding in
astrophysics in the 1980s and 1990s. In various venues, Peratt profiled what he characterized as an alternative viewpoint
to the mainstream models applied in astrophysics and cosmology.[21][22][23][24]

For example, Peratt proposed that the mainstream approach to galactic dynamics which relied on gravitational modeling
of stars and gas in galaxies with the addition of dark matter was overlooking a possibly major contribution from plasma
physics. He mentions laboratory experiments of Winston H. Bostick in the 1950s that created plasma discharges that
looked like galaxies.[25][26] Perrat conducted computer simulations of colliding plasma clouds that he reported also
mimicked the shape of galaxies.[27] Peratt proposed that galaxies formed due to plasma filaments joining in a z-pinch, the
filaments starting 300,000 light years apart and carrying Birkeland currents of 1018 amperes.[28][29] Peratt also reported

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simulations he did showing emerging jets of material from the central buffer region that he compared to quasars and
active galactic nuclei occurring without supermassive black holes. Peratt proposed a sequence for galaxy evolution: "the
transition of double radio galaxies to radioquasars to radioquiet QSO's to peculiar and Seyfert galaxies, finally ending in
spiral galaxies".[30] He also reported that flat galaxy rotation curves were simulated without dark matter.[28] At the same
time Eric Lerner, an independent plasma researcher and supporter of Peratt's ideas, proposed a plasma model for quasars
based on a dense plasma focus.[31]

Comparison to mainstream astrophysics

Standard astronomical modeling and theories attempt to incorporate all known physics into descriptions and explanations
of observed phenomena, with gravity playing a dominant role on the largest scales as well as in celestial mechanics and
dynamics. To that end, both Keplerian orbits and Einstein's general theory of relativity are generally used as the
underlying frameworks for modeling astrophysical systems and structure formation, while high-energy astronomy and
particle physics in cosmology additionally appeal to electromagnetic processes including plasma physics and radiative
transfer to explain relatively small scale energetic processes observed in the x-rays and gamma rays. In conventional
cosmology, plasma physics is not considered to be the dominant force on most large-scale phenomena, although much of
the matter in the universe is thought to be ionised or exist as plasma. (See astrophysical plasma for more.)

Proponents of plasma cosmology claim electrodynamics is as important as gravity in explaining the structure of the
universe, and speculate that it provides an alternative explanation for the evolution of galaxies[30] and the initial collapse
of interstellar clouds.[18] In particular plasma cosmology is claimed to provide an alternative explanation for the flat
rotation curves of spiral galaxies and to do away with the need for dark matter in galaxies and with the need for
supermassive black holes in galaxy centres to power quasars and active galactic nuclei.[29][30] However, theoretical analysis
shows that "many scenarios for the generation of seed magnetic fields, which rely on the survival and sustainability of
currents at early times [of the universe are disfavored]",[19] i.e. Birkeland currents of the magnitude needed (1018 amps
over scales of megaparsecs) for galaxy formation do not exist.[32] Additionally, many of the issues that were mysterious in
the 1980s and 1990s, including discrepancies relating to the cosmic microwave background and the nature of quasars,
have been solved with more evidence that, in detail, provides a distance and time scale for the universe.

Some of the places where plasma cosmology supporters are most at odds with standard explanations include the need for
their models to have light element production without Big Bang nucleosynthesis, which, in the context of Alfvén–Klein
cosmology, has been shown to produce excessive x-rays and gamma rays beyond that observed.[33][34] Plasma cosmology
proponents have made further proposals to explain light element abundances, but the attendant issues have not been fully
addressed.[35] In 1995 Eric Lerner published his alternative explanation for the cosmic microwave background radiation
(CMB).[36] He argued that his model explained the fidelity of the CMB spectrum to that of a black body and the low level of
anisotropies found, even while the level of isotropy at 1:105 is not accounted for to that precision by any alternative
models. Additionally, the sensitivity and resolution of the measurement of the CMB anisotropies was greatly advanced by
WMAP and the Planck satellite and the statistics of the signal were so in line with the predictions of the Big Bang model,
that the CMB has been heralded as a major confirmation of the Big Bang model to the detriment of alternatives.[37] The
acoustic peaks in the early universe are fit with high accuracy by the predictions of the Big Bang model, and, to date, there
has never been an attempt to explain the detailed spectrum of the anisotropies within the framework of plasma cosmology
or any other alternative cosmological model.

References and notes

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fields which affect the motion of charged particles in space ... The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is of
the order of 10−4 gauss (10 nanoteslas), which gives the [ratio of the magnetic force to the force of gravity] ≈ 107. This
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Further reading
Alfvén, Hannes:

"Cosmic Plasma" (Reidel, 1981) ISBN 90-277-1151-8

Alfvén, Hannes (1983). "On hierarchical cosmology". Astrophysics and Space Science. 89 (2): 313–324.
Bibcode:1983Ap&SS..89..313A (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983Ap&SS..89..313A).
doi:10.1007/bf00655984 (https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fbf00655984).
"Cosmology in the plasma universe" (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1988LPB.....
6..389A&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=&high=45cce9d73311457), Laser and Particle Beams
(ISSN 0263-0346 (https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0263-0346)), vol. 6, August 1988, pp. 389-
398 Full text (http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/downloads/CosmologyAlfven.pdf)
"Model of the plasma universe" (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1986ITPS...14..629
A&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=&high=45cce9d73311457), IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
(ISSN 0093-3813 (https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0093-3813)), vol. PS-14, December 1986,
pp. 629-638 Full text (http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/downloads/ModelOfTPU_Alfv%8En.pdf) (PDF)
"The Plasma Universe" (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1986PhT....39i..22A&db_ke
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