Salutatio Mr.!
04-Feb-98, Mr. Rigor wrote to Richard Meic
          Subject: Time and Again
 RM>> How does one solve the problem of the "river of galaxies"
 RM>> observed recently?  It kinda trashes their calculations a bit,
 RM>> right?
 MR> I do not have information regarding that.  Que es?
Too bad.  Look up an old Astronomy issue (1997).
 RM>> Sounds like a good policy.  Consider that 99% of the universe is
 RM>> highly conductive plasma,
 MR> ???
Yes 99% of the universe is indeed plasma.
 RM>> and the presence of magnetic fields all the way up to the
 RM>> galactic Superclusters.  Plasma is greatly influenced by magnetic
 RM>> fields, BTW. Could you come up with any valid reason why these
 RM>> powerful forces are not even mentioned in the BB model?
 MR> possibly, [1] they were not known at the time of the formation of
 MR> the BB model?, [2] they were not relevent to the BB model?  I
 MR> don't know enoug to provide any sort of "authoritative" (ha, ha)
 MR> answer to that question.
                    
I am informing, that is all.  If you are as willing as you seem to be to
look for new information this would be a good start (Plasma Cosmology). 
Give it shot, worse that could happen is you would have more 
information.  :)
 RM>> I mean, it has been shown that plasma and magnetic fields play a
 RM>> key role in the formation of stars, the intricate structure of
[...]
 RM>> what is the reason why these processes are not mentioned in the
 RM>> BB model?
 MR> My guess would be that the BB model is not meant to explain
 MR> *everything*, but to provide an educated guess about what maps of
 MR> Universe would look like in the "past".  Of course we should
 MR> probably define the term "BB model" more precisely as it could
 MR> mean several things
     
I will let you pick one first.
 RM>> Is it because they do not feel it is worth mentioning?  Is it
 RM>> fear of losing funding for their pet project?  Is it sheer
 RM>> ignorance of the chosen kind?  It is something for you to think
 RM>> about, while you are on that fence. ;)
 MR> I probably should have saved my previous paragraph for this space.
                              
Heheh, probably.
                
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Richard Meic
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