Plasma

roosh

Anyone know anything about Plasma? In particular Plasma Physics, Plasma Cosmologym, the Electric Universe?

I came across it recently while searching for something else and am just trying to get other peoples understanding of it, as a lot of the things I have read are somewhat technical, and so are lost on me.

I think some of the stuff gets published in the IEEE journal (if that's the right name).

I posted a request for info in the popular science forum but it might be better placed here as it appears to be largely Electrical Engineers that are involved in it.

Any opinions or thoughts would be welcome.

roosh

Are people here familiar with the organisation the IEEE, and its publications?

I've only heard it mentioned a few places and am just wondering is it a reputable resource?

Zodiacc

mangaroosh wrote: »

Are people here familiar with the organisation the IEEE, and its publications?

I've only heard it mentioned a few places and am just wondering is it a reputable resource?

You have to pay to join that as far as I know. I looked into it once or twice but couldn't see the benefit of it.

Cheeble

IEEE Transactions (i.e. journals) have been one of the most respected publications in electrical and electronic engineering since the 1960s. As with many academic journals, papers are peer reviewed prior to publication. It's about as reputable as it's possible to get.

As for plasma, that's a wide-ranging field (if you'll excuse the pun), is there any particular thing that you're interested in?

Cheeble-eers

roosh

Cheeble wrote: »

IEEE Transactions (i.e. journals) have been one of the most respected publications in electrical and electronic engineering since the 1960s. As with many academic journals, papers are peer reviewed prior to publication. It's about as reputable as it's possible to get.

As for plasma, that's a wide-ranging field (if you'll excuse the pun), is there any particular thing that you're interested in?

Cheeble-eers

Puntastic!

the reason I'm interested in it, is because while I was looking for documentaries on Quantum Physics and Cosmology, I cam across a theory called Plasma Cosmology. It is far from mainstream and appears to be discredited by many, in part due to the fact that there have been relatively few papers puplised in reputable cosmological journals. There have, or so it is claimed, been articles published in the IEEE transaction journals, so I just wanted to see how reputable it was.

is it true that 99%+ of the matter in the known, observable universe is in the Plasma state?

Turbulent Bill

mangaroosh wrote: »

Puntastic!

the reason I'm interested in it, is because while I was looking for documentaries on Quantum Physics and Cosmology, I cam across a theory called Plasma Cosmology. It is far from mainstream and appears to be discredited by many, in part due to the fact that there have been relatively few papers puplised in reputable cosmological journals. There have, or so it is claimed, been articles published in the IEEE transaction journals, so I just wanted to see how reputable it was.

is it true that 99%+ of the matter in the known, observable universe is in the Plasma state?

I'd be very surprised if the IEEE published heavily-discredited work - do you have any references? The IEEE is primarily electrical/electronic engineering based, but there are a lot of Transactions published on related fields.

If the theory hasn't been published by reputable journals in the area, then it's likely to be bogus. The onus is on the theory's originators to publish and have it reviewed openly by their peers.