The electrically polarized universe.
Abstract
It is shown that all gravitationally bound systems - stars, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies - are positively charged and have a charge-to-mass ratio of the order of 100 coulombs per solar mass. The freely expanding intergalactic medium has a compensating negative charge. The immediate physical consequences of an electrically polarized universe are found to be extremely small.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1086/155961
- Bibcode:
- 1978ApJ...220..743B
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Models;
- Charge Distribution;
- Cosmology;
- Intergalactic Media;
- Polarization (Charge Separation);
- Debye Length;
- Gravitational Effects;
- Universe;
- Astrophysics;
- Hydromagnetics:Intergalactic Matter;
- Hydromagnetics:Universe