There are many peer reviewed papers on electricity in space. They do not necessarily cover all aspects of the “Electric Universe” theories. This website does not endorse any papers listed, and the authors listed are responsible only for their own work. See also the numerous citations in: “Electricity throughout the Universe“.
Note that peer review does not require a paper to be submitted to any specific journal, only that a paper is available and accessible.
Exhibitions
- Electric Space, an exhibition developed by the Space Science Institute, together with the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) with funding from the Informal Science Education Program of the National Science Foundation’s Education and Human Resources Directorate, and NASA’s Space Physics Division.
General electricity in space
- Peratt, A. L., “Electric space: evolution of the plasma universe“, Astrophysics & Space Science, 244, 89-103 (1996)
- Peratt, Anthony L., “The evidence for electrical currents in cosmic plasma“, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (ISSN 0093-3813), vol. 18, Feb. 1990, p. 26-32 full text
- Carlqvist, Per, “Cosmic electric currents and the generalized Bennett relation“, Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 144, no. 1-2, May 1988, p. 73-84
- Peratt, Anthony L., “The role of particle beams and electrical currents in the plasma universe“, Laser and Particle Beams (ISSN 0263-0346), vol. 6, Aug. 1988, p. 471-491. full text
- Alfvén, Hannes, , “Electric currents in cosmic plasmas]”, Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics, vol. 15, Aug. 1977, p. 271-284.
- Alfvén, Hannes, “Electricity in Space“, in The New Astronomy, a Scientific American Book. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955., p.74
- Alfvén, H., “On the Importance of Electric Fields in the Magnetosphere and Interplanetary Space“, Space Science Reviews, Volume 7, Issue 2-3, pp. 140-148. 10/1967
Solar system electricity
Solar electricity
- Aulanier, G.; Török, T.; Démoulin, P.; DeLuca, E. E., “Formation of Torus-Unstable Flux Ropes and Electric Currents in Erupting Sigmoids“, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 708, Issue 1, pp. 314-333 (2010). 01/2010
- Vranjes, J.; Poedts, S., “Electric fields in solar magnetic structures due to gradient-driven instabilities: heating and acceleration of particles“, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 400, Issue 4, pp. 2147-2152. 12/2009
- Santos, J. C.; Büchner, J., “MHD simulation of electric currents in the solar atmosphere caused by photospheric plasma motion“, Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2007, pp.29-33, 12/2007
- Spangler, Steven R., “A Technique for Measuring Electrical Currents in the Solar Corona“, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 670, Issue 1, pp. 841-848. 11/2007
- Kim, Jik Su; Zhang, Hong-Qi; Kim, Jin Song; Kim, Kum Sok; Bao, Xing-Ming, “Solar Flare Activity and Variability of Electric Current Helicity“, Chinese Journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 2, p. 81-91 (2002) 02/2002
- Feldman, U., “Electric Currents as the Main Cause of Coronal and Flare Activity in the Sun and in Many Late-Type Stars” (abs), Physica Scripta, Volume 65, Issue 2, pp. 185-192. 00/2002
- Wheatland, M. S., “Are Electric Currents in Solar Active Regions Neutralized?“, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 532, Issue 1, pp. 616-621. 03/2000
- Ferraro, V. C. A., “A note on the possible emission of electric currents from the sun“, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nov.1930, Vol. 91, p.174
Mars electricity
- Kok, Jasper F.; Renno, Nilton O., “Electrification of wind-blown sand on Mars and its implications for atmospheric chemistry“, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 5, CiteID L05202, 03/2009
- Michael, M.; Tripathi, S. N.; Mishra, S. K., “Dust charging and electrical conductivity in the day and nighttime atmosphere of Mars” (abs), Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 113, Issue E7, CiteID E07010, 07/2008
- Renno, Nilton O.; Kok, Jasper F., “Electrical Activity and Dust Lifting on Earth, Mars, and Beyond” (abs), Space Science Reviews, Volume 137, Issue 1-4, pp. 419-434, 06/2008
- Farrell, W. M.; Desch, M. D., “Is there a Martian atmospheric electric circuit?” (abs), Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 106, Issue E4, p. 7591-7596, 04/2001
Saturn Electricity
- Fischer, Georg; Gurnett, Donald A.; Kurth, William S.; Akalin, Ferzan; Zarka, Philippe; Dyudina, Ulyana A.; Farrell, William M.; Kaiser, Michael L., “Atmospheric Electricity at Saturn” (abs), Space Science Reviews, Volume 137, Issue 1-4, pp. 271-285, 06/2008
- Farrell, W. M.; Desch, M. D.; Kaiser, M. L.; Kurth, W. S.; Gurnett, D. A., “Changing electrical nature of Saturn’s rings: Implications for spoke formation” (abs), Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 7, CiteID L07203, 04/2006
- Weinheimer, A. J.; Few, A. A., Jr. “The spokes in Saturn’s rings – A critical evaluation of possible electrical processes” (abs), Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, Oct. 1982, p. 1139-1142. 10/1982
Jupiter electricity
- Connerney, J. E. P.; Satoh, T.; Baron, R.; Owen, T., “Jupiter and Io: a cosmic electrical generator” (abs), Earth Space, Vol. 7, No. 8, p. 6 – 7, 14. 04/1995
Comets
- Israelevich, P. L.; Ershkovich, A. I., “Induced magnetosphere of comet Halley. 2: Magnetic field and electric currents” (abs), Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 99, no. A11, p. 21,225-21,232. 11/1994
- Tiersch, H.; Notni, P., “The electric potential on dust particles in comets and in interplanetary space“, Astronomische Nachrichten (ISSN 0004-6337), vol. 310, no. 1, 1989, p. 67-78. 00/1989
- Grard, R.; Beghin, C.; Mogilevskii, M.; Formisano, V.; Mikhailov, Y.; Molchanov, O.; Pedersen, A.; Trotignon, J. G., “VEGA Observations of Electric Fields and Plasma in the Comet Halley Environment“, Soviet Astr. Lett.(TR:PISMA) V.12, NO.5/SEP-OCT, P. 286, 1986, 10/1986
- Ip, W.-H.; Mendis, D. A., “The generation of magnetic fields and electric currents in cometary plasma tails” (abs), Icarus, vol. 29, Sept. 1976, p. 147-151. 09/1976
- Ip, W.-H.; Mendis, D. A., “The cometary magnetic field and its associated electric currents” (abs), Icarus, vol. 26, Dec. 1975, p. 457-461.
12/1975
Extra-solar electricity
Pulsars
- Alloy, M. D.; Menezes, D. P., “Electrically Charged Pulsars“, Brazilian Journal of Physics, vol. 37, Issue 4, p.1183-1190, 12/2007
- Jonathan Arons, “Some problems of pulsar physics or I’m madly in love with electricity“, Space Science Reviews, Volume 24, Number 4 / December, 1979, Pages 437-510
Redshift and quasars
- Zhang, T. X., “Electric Redshift and Quasars” (abs), The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 636, Issue 2, pp. L61-L64. 01/2006
Binary stars
- Wu, Kinwah; Cropper, Mark; Ramsay, Gavin; Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro, “An electrically powered binary star?“, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 331, Issue 1, pp. 221-227
Interstellar currents
- Zweibel, Ellen G.; Brandenburg, Axel, “Current Sheet Formation in the Interstellar Medium” (1997) Astrophysical Journal v.478, p.563
- Carlqvist, Per; Gahm, Gosta F., “Manifestations of electric currents in interstellar molecular clouds” (1992) IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (ISSN 0093-3813), vol. 20, no. 6, p. 867-873. (Dec 1992)
Extragalactic jets
- Baty, H. “On the magnetohydrodynamic stability of current-carrying jets” (2005) Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.430, p.9-17
- Jafelice, Luiz C.; Opher, Reuven; Assis, Altair S.; Busnardo-Neto, Jose, “Current generation in extragalactic jets by Cherenkov damping of magnetohydrodynamic waves” (1990) Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 348, Jan. 1, 1990, p. 61-72
- Appl, S.; Camenzind, M. “The stability of current-carrying jets” (1992) Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 256, no. 2, p. 354-370
Intergalactic currents
- Meierovich, Boris E.; Peratt, Anthony L., “Equilibrium of intergalactic currents“, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (ISSN 0093-3813), vol. 20, no. 6, p. 891, 892. Full text
Terrestrial electricity
- Williams, Earle; Markson, Ralph; Heckman, Stan, “Shielding effects of trees on the measurement of the Earth’s electric field: Implications for secular variations of the global electrical circuit” (abs), Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 19, CiteID L19810, 10/2005