Eric J. Lerner is the President of Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Inc. an "advanced technology research, consulting and communications firm". He is associated with plasma physics and plasma cosmology. A Plasma lamp In physics and chemistry, a plasma is an ionized gas, and is usually considered to be a distinct phase of matter. ... Plasma cosmology is a non-standard cosmological model based on the electromagnetic properties of astrophysical plasmas. ...

Personal history

Lerner received a BA in Physics from Columbia University (when?) and did graduate work in physics at the University of Maryland, College Park without completing a degree. Lerner is currently the executive director of the Focus Fusion Society and president of Lawrenceville Plasma Physics in West Orange, New Jersey. Lerner wrote a popularization of plasma cosmology, The Big Bang Never Happened (1991). He has studied cosmic plasma phenomena and laboratory fusion devices, especially the dense plasma focus. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... A black hole concept drawing by NASA. Physics (from the Greek, φυσικός (physikos), natural, and φύσις (physis), nature) is the science of the natural world dealing with the fundamental constituents of the universe, the forces they exert on one another, and the results produced by these forces. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in College Park, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., USA. As the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland, the university is most often referred to as the University of Maryland... Executive director is a title given to a person who is the head of an executive branch of an organization or company. ... Map of West Orange Township in Essex County West Orange is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ... Plasma cosmology is a non-standard cosmological model based on the electromagnetic properties of astrophysical plasmas. ... The word plasma has a Greek root which means to be formed or molded (the word plastic shares this root). ... A phenomenon (plural: phenomena) is an observable event, especially something special (literally something that can be seen from the Greek word phainomenon = observable). ... A Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) is a plasma machine that produces, by electromagnetic acceleration and compression, short-lived plasma that is so hot and dense that it becomes a copious multi-radiation source. ...

Between 1984 and 1993 he won the Aviation Space Writers Association award for journalism a number of times.

Lerner has written widely on scientific and technological topics for magazines such as IEEE Spectrum, Aerospace America, Discover, Industrial Physicist and IBM Research. His original scientific papers have been published in the Astrophysical Journal, Astrophysics and Space Science, Laser and Particle Beams and IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. IEEE Spectrum is a magazine edited by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. ... Discover is the name for multiple things: Discover Card, a credit card operated by Discover Bank Discover Magazine, an American science magazine Discover the World of Money, a biennial publication by the American Numismatic Association See also: Discovery (disambiguation) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... IBM Research, a subsidiary of IBM, has existed since 1945 and currently consists of eight locations throughout the world and hundreds of projects. ... The Astrophysical Journal is one of the foremost research journals devoted to recent developments, discoveries, and theories in astronomy and astrophysics. ...

He is a life-long political activist, a veteran of the 1965 Selma March and the 1968 Columbia Student Strike. He is a member of the NJ Civil Rights Defense Committee, and Workers Democracy Network. Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... John Lewis (on right in trench coat) and Hosea Williams (on the left) lead marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge,March 7, 1965 The Selma to Montgomery marches, which included Bloody Sunday, were three marches that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... In early March 1967, a Columbia University SDS activist named Bob Feldman reportedly discovered documents in the International Law Library detailing Columbias institutional affiliation with the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), a think-tank affiliated with the US Department of Defense. ...

Scientific activities

He is a critic of the big bang theory and advocates an infinitely old Universe. Lerner has developed original theories of quasars, large scale structure, the microwave background and the origin of light elements all based on the plasma cosmology approach. He claims that the intergalactic medium is a strong absorber of the cosmic microwave background radiation with the absorption occurring in a fog of narrow filaments. He has analyzed data on the surface brightness of galaxies that contradict the predictions of expanding-universe models. A critic (from Greek κριτικός, kritikós - one who discerns, from Ancient Greek κριτής, krités, a judge) is a person who offers judgement or analysis, value judgement, interpretation, or observation. ... According to the Big Bang theory, the Universe originated in an extremely dense and hot state (bottom). ... Theory has a number of distinct meanings in different fields of knowledge, depending on the context and their methodologies. ... Infinity is a term with very distinct, separate meanings which arise in theology, philosophy, mathematics and everyday life. ... The deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. ... This view, taken with infrared light, is a false-color image of a quasar-starburst tandem with the most luminous starburst ever seen in such a combination. ... Astronomy and cosmology examine the universe to understand the large-scale structure of the cosmos. ... In cosmology, the cosmic microwave background radiation (most often abbreviated CMB but occasionally CMBR, CBR or MBR) is a form of electromagnetic radiation discovered in 1965. ... Intergalactic space is the physical space between galaxies. ... In cosmology, the cosmic microwave background radiation (most often abbreviated CMB but occasionally CMBR, CBR or MBR) is a form of electromagnetic radiation discovered in 1965. ... In astronomy, filaments are one of the largest known structures in the Universe, thread-like structures with a typical length of 70 to 150 megaparsec that form the boundaries between large voids in the universe. ... Accelerating universe is a term for the idea that our universe is undergoing divergent rapid expansion. ...

Lerner developed a theory postulating that quasars are not related to black holes but are rather produced by a magnetic self-compression process similar to that occurring in the plasma focus. Through this work, he developed a detailed quantitative theory of the functioning of the plasma focus. Based on this theory, he proposed that the plasma focus could achieve high ion and electron energies at high densities, suitable for advanced fuel fusion and space propulsion. Lerner has done experimental work on the plasma focus in collaboration with the University of Illinois in 1994 and with Texas A&M University in 2001, which led to the achievement of temperatures of over a billion degrees. In addition, he developed an original model of the role of the strong magnetic field effect on plasma functioning, showing that this effect could make net energy production more feasible, potentially leading to an economical and safe source of energy. A black hole is a concentration of mass great enough that the force of gravity prevents anything from escaping it except through quantum tunnelling behaviour (known as Hawking Radiation). ... A Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) is a plasma machine that produces, by electromagnetic acceleration and compression, short-lived plasma that is so hot and dense that it becomes a copious multi-radiation source. ... An ion is an atom or group of atoms with a net electric charge. ... Properties The electron is a fundamental subatomic particle which carries a negative electric charge. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... The deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion reaction is considered the most promising for producing fusion power. ... A remote camera captures a close-up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites, or in short, to provide delta-v. ... The University of Illinois is the set of three public universities in Illinois. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Texas A&M University, often Texas A&M, A&M or TAMU for short, is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Partial list of papers and articles

Peer reviewed papers

• "Radio absorption by the intergalactic medium" Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 361, Sept. 20, 1990, p. 63-68. DOI: 10.1086/169167
• "Confirmation of radio absorption by the intergalactic medium". Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 207, Number 1; Pg 17-26 , September 1993. ISSN 0004-640X DOI 10.1007/BF00659126
• "Intergalactic radio absorption and the cobe data". Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 227, Numbers 1-2 Pg 61-81, May 1995. ISSN 0004-640X DOI 10.1007/BF00678067
• "Two world systems revisited: a comparison of plasma cosmology and the big bang". IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2003.

Industrial Physicist articles

• "Fraud Shows Peer-Review Flaws". Industrial Physicist.
• "Plasma Propulsion in Space". Industrial Physicist. October 2000, Volume 6, Number 5. (PDF)
• "What's Wrong with the Electric Grid?" Industrial Physicist. Vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 8,10-13. Oct.-Nov. 2003.

Arxiv.org

• "Towards advanced-fuel fusion: Electron, ion energy >100keV in a dense plasma". physics/0205026, 36 pgs.
• "Prospects for P11B Fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus: New Results". physics/0401126. Invited presentation, 5th Symposium "Current Trends in International Fusion Research: A Review" March 24-28, 2003, Washington, D.C., 25 pgs.

Other articles

• "Bucking the big bang". New Scientist. Vol. 182, no. 2448, pp. 20. 22 May 2004.
• "The Case Against the Big Bang". Progress in New Cosmologies : Beyond the Big Bang, New York : Plenum Press, 1993., p.89.
• "The Cosmologists' New Clothes". Sky and Telescope, V. 83, No., 2/Feb., pg 124, 1992.
• "Diode arrays boost efficiency of solid-state lasers". Laser Focus World, Vol. 34, no. 11, Nov 1998.

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See also

• Plasma cosmology

Plasma cosmology is a non-standard cosmological model based on the electromagnetic properties of astrophysical plasmas. ...

External links and references

• Focus Fusion Society
• Eric Lerner, "The Big Bang Never Happened"
  • Edward Wright, "Errors in the "The Big Bang Never Happened".
  • Eric Lerner, "Dr. Wright is Wrong -- a reply to Ned Wright's "Errors in The Big Bang Never Happened"
• "An Open Letter to the Scientific Community"cosmologystatement.org. Published in New Scientist, May 22, 2004.
• Focus Fusion poses overwhelming competition to $10 billion Tokamak - Interview with Eric Lerner. (OSEN; Nov. 2, 2005) (also at PESN)
• Eric Lerner biography
• Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Inc.
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