Ralph Juergens

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Ralph E. Juergens (6 May 1924 - 2 November 1979)[1] was trained as a civil engineer and resided in Arizona. He retired in 1960 to pursue the work of Immanuel Velikovsky. He also worked as an editor in the publications division of McGraw-Hill, inc.[2], and later developed a hypothesis in which the Sun (and stars) are electrically powered; it has received unfavourable review.[3]

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[edit] Electric sun hypothesis

Earl R. Milton recalled Juergen's concept of an "electric" sun:[4]

"In August 1972 Ralph Juergens introduced the concept of the electrically powered Sun.(1a)[5] He was inspired by Immanuel Velikovsky's contention that electromagnetic forces played a crucial role in sculpting the surfaces and shaping the orbits of the bodies of the solar system; (1b)[6] by Melvin Cook's attempts to unify the electromagnetic and gravitational fields; (1c)[7] and by the voluminous literature of Charles Bruce intimating that the phenomena observed in stellar atmospheres could be described adequately by an electrical discharge model .(1d)[8]
"Juergens, however, went farther than all of his preceptors in electrifying both the cosmic bodies and their interactions. He perceived the astronomical bodies as inherently charged objects immersed in a universe which could be described as an electrified fabric.(1e)[9] The charges appearing locally on cosmic bodies, he posited, arose from the separation of positive ions and electrons on a galactic scale.(1f)[10] Later, he discussed both the problems arising if the solar interior is truly the source of stellar energy (1g) and the nature of the phenomena observed as the solar photosphere.(1h) The two papers cited in notes (1g)[11] and (1h)[12] were the last he published about the electrical Sun before his untimely death in November of 1979." (References in original)

Milton continues:

"In the first of his papers, Juergens related the Sun's ability to modulate the incoming flux of cosmic rays (which are protons impinging upon the solar system from all directions at relativistic velocities) to the Sun's driving potential, its cathode drop.(1i)[13] He estimated that a value in excess of 10 billion volts would suffice. From the flux of solar wind protons observed at the Earth's orbit, he calculated that a 1015 ampere solar wind current was flowing because of the solar discharge.(1j)[14] The solar luminosity of 3.9 x 1026 watts seemingly requires a discharge current which exceeds that of Juergens' estimate by forty fold, but since both the cathode drop and the discharge current values he chose were minima, the power shortage is not likely serious, as either or both values can be adjusted to erase the deficit without affecting the credibility of his arguments.
"Then, Juergens showed that the solar photosphere can be compared to a "tufted anode glow" in an electric discharge tube.(1k)[15] The tuft forms because the body of the Sun, immersed in the interplanetary plasma, which at its inner boundary is the weakly luminous outer solar region called the corona, cannot maintain an electrical discharge into the surrounding electrified galactic space. Juergens noted that the problem could arise from any one or more of the following conditions: (1)the solar body forms too small a surface to conduct the current required for the discharge, (2) the surrounding plasma is too "cool", (1l)[16] and/or (3) the cathode drop is too large. The "anode tuft" detached from, and now lying above, the "surface" of the solar body increases the effective surface area over which the Sun can collect electrons. Within the "tuft", volatile material - vapourized from the Sun - increases the gas density and contributes large numbers of extra electrons because, now, many of the frequent collisions between the gas atoms result in ionization."

Juergens' work forms part of the the Electric Universe model.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Books

  • The Velikovsky Affair, Alfred de Grazia, Ralph Juergens, Livio Stecchini (article by Juergens: "Minds in Chaos", and, "Aftermath to the Exposure")

[edit] Articles

  • "Reconciling Celestial Mechanics and Velikovskian Catastrophism", Pensée Vol. 2 No 3: (Fall 1972) "Immanuel Velikovsky Reconsidered II"
  • "Some Additional Comments On Tektites", Kronos Vol. II No. 1 (August 1976)
  • "The "Bulk Chemistries" of Venus and Jupiter", Kronos Vol. II No. 1 (August 1976)
  • "Velikovsky and the Heat of Venus", Kronos Vol. I No. 4 (Winter 1976)
  • "On the Convection of Electric Charge by the Rotating Earth", Kronos Vol. II No. 3 (Feb 1977)
  • "Galactic Space Charge and Stellar Energy", SIS Review Vol 1 No 4 (Spring 1977)
  • "Radiohalos And Earth History", Kronos Vol. III No. 1 (Fall 1977)
  • "On Morrison: Some Preliminary Remarks", Kronos Vol. III No. 2 (Winter 1977)
  • "Sagan's 'Ten Plagues'", Kronos Vol. III No. 2 (Winter 1977) "Velikovsky and Establishment Science"
  • "Geogullibility And Geomagnetic Reversals", Kronos Vol. III No. 4 (Summer 1978)
  • "On Morrison: Some Further Remarks", Kronos Vol. IV No. 2 (Winter 1978) "Scientists Confront Scientists Who Confront Velikovsky"
  • "Asimov's Guide to the Velikovsky Affair", Kronos Vol. VI No. 4 (Summer 1981)
  • "Of the Moon and Mars, Part 1", Pensée Vol. 4 No 4: (Fall 1974) "Immanuel Velikovsky Reconsidered IX"
  • "Of the Moon and Mars, Part 2", Pensée Vol. 4 No 5: (Winter 1974-75) "Immanuel Velikovsky Reconsidered X"
  • "Stellar Thermonuclear Energy: A False Trail?", Kronos Vol. IV No. 4 (Summer 1979)
  • "The Photosphere: Is It the Top or the Bottom of the Phenomenon We Call the Sun?", Kronos Vol. IV No. 4 (Summer 1979)
  • "Electric Discharge as the Source of Solar Radiant Energy (Part I)", Kronos Vol. VIII No. 1 (Fall 1982)
  • "Electric Discharge as the Source of Solar Radiant Energy (Concluded)", Kronos Vol. VIII No. 2 (Winter 1983)

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ "In Memoriam: Ralph Juergens", Kronos Vol. V No. 2 (Winter 1980)
  2. ^ Dust flap, The Velikovsky Affair, Alfred de Grazia, Ralph Juergens, Livio Stecchini
  3. ^ See "Tim Thompson Responds to Thornhill"; "On the "Electric Sun" Hypothesis"; "Neo-Velikovskianism/The Electric Universe"
  4. ^ Ralph E. Juergens, Electric Discharge as the Source of Solar Radiant Energy (Part I), Kronos Vol. VIII No. 1 (Fall 1982), compiled by Earl R. Milton after the death of Juergen
  5. ^ (1a) R. E. Juergens, "Plasma in Interplanetary Space: Reconciling Celestial Mechanics and Velikovskian Catastrophism," Penseé IVR II (Fall 1972), pp. 6-12; Velikovsky Reconsidered (N. Y., 1976), pp. 137-155. First presented at the Lewis & Clark Symposium, Portland, OR, August 15-17, 1972.
  6. ^ (1b) I. Velikovsky, "Cosmos Without Gravitation" (N. Y., 1946); Worlds in Collision (N. Y., 1950).
  7. ^ (1c) M. A. Cook, "Quasi-lattice Model of Plasma and Universal Gravitation" (Univ. of Utah 6/2/58), Bulletin Vol. 48, No. 18 (also Bulletin No. 93 of the Utah Engineering Experiment Station); "Bands in Solids and Their Influence on Thermal Expansion and Compressibility, " Appendix III in The Science of High Explosives (N. Y., 1958), see especially pp. 420-426.
  8. ^ (1d) C. E. R. Bruce, A New Approach in Astrophysics and Cosmogony (London, 1944); "Terrestrial and Cosmic Lightning Discharges" in Recent Advances in Atmospheric Electricity, L. G. Smith, ed. (London, 1959), pp. 461-468; "The Extension of Atmospheric to Space Electricity" in Problems of Atmospheric and Space Electricity], S. C. Coronti, ed. (N. Y., 1963), pp. 577-586; "Lightning, Novae, and Quasars, " Letter to Nature 209, 798 (2/19/1966); "Successful Predictions of the Electrical Discharge Theory of Cosmic Atmospheric Phenomena and Universal Evolution, " Electrical Research Association (Leatherhead, 1968), Report No.5275; and many others.
  9. ^ (1e) His theory assumes that cosmic processes involve the redistribution of electrical charges between bodies bearing different levels of one of the electric charges. Locally, that charge is chosen to be a "surplus" of electrons. Thereby all of the bodies within the solar system are considered to carry some surplus of electrons. This local "surplus", however, also turns out to be a "deficiency" of electrons on the galactic scale. Any electric interaction between the galaxy and the solar system produces an electric current which takes ions to the galaxy and bring electrons to the Sun and its satellites. Such an interaction, Juergens claimed, was the source of the Sun's radiant power. By it, the Sun's charge level is brought continually closer to that of the galactic environment around the solar system.
  10. ^ (1f) R. E. Juergens, "Galactic Space Charge and Stellar Energy," SIS Review I:4 (Spring 1977), pp. 26-29; "S.I.S. vs Ralph Juergens, The Critics and Stellar Energy", SISR II:2 (December 1977), pp. 46-51.
  11. ^ (1g) R. E Juergens, "Stellar Thermonuclear Energy: A False Trail?", KRONOS IV:4 (Summer 1979), pp. 16-25; plus Editor's Note by L. M. Greenberg, Ibid., pp. 25-27.
  12. ^ (1h) R. E. Juergens, "The Photosphere: Is it the Top or the Bottom of the Phenomenon We Call the Sun?", KRONOS IV:4, pp. 28-54.
  13. ^ (1i) R. E. Juergens, Penseé II, op. cit., p. 11.
  14. ^ (1j) R. E. Juergens, SISR I:4, p. 28. He assumed a disc-like solar wind sheet, only two solar diameters thick at the Earth's orbit, to arrive at this (order of magnitude) estimate. Based upon measurements made by several space probes, the actual wind sheet is much thicker. At thirteen solar diameters above or below the ecliptic, the density of the solar wind is reduced by about 37% around the time of sunspot minimum; toward maximum there is little difference in the density with latitude (over the range noted here). See M. Dobrowolny and G. Moreno, "Latitudinal Structure of the Solar Wind and Interplanetary Magnetic Field ," Space Science Reviews 18, 685-748 (1976), especially pp. 690 and 693.
  15. ^ (1k) R. E. Juergens, KRONOS IV:4, pp. 28ff.
  16. ^ A "cool" plasma is one where the drift velocity, imposed upon the plasma by the local electric field, is small compared to the random velocity (of the ions or of the electrons) characteristic of the temperature of the plasma.

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