Plasma astrophysics and cosmology : proceedings of the Second IEEE International Workshop, Princeton, New Jersey, May 10-12, 1993

This special issue of the international journal of cosmic physics, Astrophysics and Space Science, contains invited contributions delivered at the Second IEEE International Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics and Cosmology, held from 10 to 12 May 1993 in Princeton, New Jersey. The Workshop was sponsored by the NSF Division of Atmospheric Sciences, NASA Headquarters, Space Physics Division, and the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. It was the purpose of the Workshop to update topics in Plasma Astrophysics and Cosmology presented at the First IEEE International Workshop on Plasma Cosmology, La Jolla, California, 20-22 February 1989, and to again bring together observers and theorists to discuss the related links between plasma theory and observation. Another goal of the Workshop and these proceedings was to highlight the Centennial Celebration (1896-1996) of the founding of Plasma Astrophysics and Cosmology and several papers are devoted to the history of this field of science. Front Matter....Pages i-2 Introduction to Plasma Astrophysics and Cosmology....Pages 3-11 The Redshift Revisited....Pages 13-24 Redshift Quantization — A Review....Pages 25-39 Determination of True Velocity Dispersion and the Dark Matter Problem in Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 41-52 Low Correlation between Redshift and Intrinsic Brightness for Quasars and Galaxies in a De Sitter Universe....Pages 53-60 Intergalactic Radio Absorption and the COBE Data....Pages 61-81 A Window on the Plasma Universe: The Very Large Array....Pages 83-91 Intergalactic Plasma....Pages 93-96 Plasma and the Universe: Large Scale Dynamics, Filamentation, and Radiation....Pages 97-107 The Pillars of Cosmology: A Short History and Assessment....Pages 109-118 Gravitation, Global Four-Momentum Conservation and the Strong Equivalence Principle....Pages 119-132 A Model Cosmology Based on Gravity-Electromagnetism Unification....Pages 133-144 On the Problem of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis....Pages 145-149 Observational Limits on Intergalactic Matter....Pages 151-155 Cluster-Scale Magnetic Fields....Pages 157-165 Rotation Velocity and Neutral Hydrogen Distribution Dependency on Magnetic Field Strength in Spiral Galaxies....Pages 167-173 How Can Spirals Persist?....Pages 175-186 Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen Filaments at High Galactic Latitudes and the Bennett Pinch....Pages 187-198 Protostar Formation Under Two Current Carrying Gas Filaments Collision....Pages 199-215 Evolution of Current Loops in Space....Pages 217-228 Radiation Properties of Pulsar Magnetospheres: Observation, Theory, and Experiment....Pages 229-253 Titius-Bode Series Galaxy Group Red Shift Differences Calculated from Roots of the Bessel Equation....Pages 255-263 Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interaction as Simulated by a 3-D EM Particle Code....Pages 265-276 Recollections of Max Born....Pages 277-297 Back Matter....Pages 299-299 Today many scientists recognize plasma as the key element in understanding new observations in interplanetary and interstellar space, in stars, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies, and throughout the observable universe. Plasma astrophysics and cosmology, as a unified discipline, cover topics such as the large scale structure and filamentation of the universe; the microwave background; the formation of galaxies and magnetic fields; active galactic nuclei and quasars; the origin and abundance of light elements; star formation and the evolution of solar systems; redshift periodicities and anomalous redshifts; general relativity; electric fields; the acceleration of charged particles to high energies; and cosmic rays. Plasma Astrophysics and Cosmology is an update on the observations made in radio, optical, and high-energy astrophysics, especially over the last decade, and addresses the paradigm changing discoveries made by the planetary probes and satellites, radio telescopes, and the Hubble space telescope. Over twenty contributors, all distinguished plasma scientists, present an entirely new picture of the nature of our plasma universe with articles ranging from the popular level to advanced topics in plasma cosmology. The Second IEEE International Workshop, Princeton, New Jersey, May 10-12, 1993