User:Ottojack

hello world.
My name is Tim. I am a software engineer for a large defense contractor. I am acutely interested in astrophysics and plasma physics (obsessed). I am a proponent of the plasma cosmology theory of astrophysics. I am an amateur devotee of Anthony Peratt, Hannes Alfven, Kristian Birkeland, Nikola Tesla and dear old Dr. Halton Arp. I spend a lot of time looking at pictures from the Great Observatories, like these:



This is a composite false-color image of the Crab Pulsar. Green represents radio bandwidth emissions (VLA), red is Infrared (Spitzer Space Telescope), and blue is x-ray (Chandra X-ray Observatory). Optical wavelengths are not represented, but are no less dramatic.

I feel that the toroidal shape, vigorous polar emissions, and filamentary structure evident in optical wavelengths of the nebula make a case for plasma cosmology as a viable model. This eliminates the need for unlikely fantasy contrivances as black holes, dark matter and dark energy and most especially, a 'big bang'.

statement of intent
I would like to build a case and eventually a dissertation that compares the chandra x-ray images of the Vela Pulsar to a Peratt Instability (quasi-persistent formations of stacked plasma toroids).[] The Crab Nebula is also a good candidate for a similar course of study, as there are composite images available in the public domain that are an aggregate of several major sections of the elecromagnetic spectrum [] in which a plasma toroid, and it's field of effect are plainly visible. I would also like to make a case that Herbig-Haro objects are a by-product (via either polar emission or Lorentz Force) of a high-energy plasma toroid, or interrelated groups of such.

pages i have created
I plan on adding a lot of content to these in the near future.
 * NGC 2736 == Pencil Nebula
 * Vela Pulsar
 * Vela Supernova Remnant

pages i have contributed to significantly

 * Jousting
 * Fred Whipple
 * James McCanney