by Bob Johnson
August 18, 2011

from Thunderbolts Website

Red Square nebula.

Credit: Peter Tuthill, Sydney University Physics Dept Palomar

and W.M. Keck observatories

This Guide is intended for anyone who wonders how our Universe really works, and who might be interested in an intriguing and somewhat different point of view.

Readers may be surprised to discover that many well-trained skeptics do not support popular ideas in astronomy and the space sciences.

Contents

• About This Guide

• Introduction

• Chapter 01 - Distances in Space

• Chapter 02 - Magnetic and Electric Fields in Space

• Chapter 03 - Plasma

• Chapter 04 - Electromagnetism

• Chapter 05 - Plasma Sheaths, Cells, and Current-Free Double Layers

• Chapter 06 - Currents, Filaments and Pinches

• Chapter 07 - Birkeland Currents, Magnetic Ropes and Current-Carrying Double Layers

• Chapter 08 - Current Sheets, Perpendicular Currents and Electric Circuits

• Chapter 09 - Plasma Circuit Instabilities

• Chapter 10 - Rotational Effects

• Chapter 11 - Radiation

• Summary and Conclusion

• Appendix  I - Vector Algebra

• Appendix II - The Electro-magnetic Field Equations

• Appendix III - The Electromagnetic Field Equations