President,
Lawrenceville Plasma
Physics,Inc.
advanced technology research, consulting and communications firm.
Scientific research in plasma physics and desalination.
Developing advanced approach
to economical fusion and new theories of quasars and cosmology.
Since 1994 carrying out research of fusion and fusion propulsion funded by
NASA through Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Development of Atomizing
Desalination Process. (see list of scientific papers) Writing
and editing on high technology
Over 600 articles published
RESEARCH
1995-Present 1996-2001 Designed
experiment to test hypothesis that Dense Plasma Focus could achieve
temperatures needed for proton-boron fusion.
Developed theoretical model, designed electrodes, designed
diagnostic equipment, including x-ray detector and filters, Rogowski coil.
Actively participated in experiment including selection of experimental
parameters, construction of heating apparatus for decaborane functioning.
Analyzed resulting data. Demonstrated achievement of 200keV energies.
Developed theory of magnetic effects that show feasibility of proton-boron
fusion. Continued development of plasma cosmology theories. 1992-1995 Designed
experiment to test theory of heating in DPF. Designed electrodes,
experimental plan, participated in carrying out experiment, analyzed data. 1986- 1991 Developed an original theory of
quasars based on extrapolation from laboratory‑scale plasma instabilities
in the dense plasma focus. Developed detailed theory of
function of DPF. Proposed a theory of the origin of
the large scale structure of the universe, also from plasma instability
theory and the role of force free filaments. This theory led to
the prediction of supercluster complexes, shortly before their discovery
by R. Brent Tully. Developed
an original theory of the microwave background and the origin of light
elements, accounting for both without need for a Big Bang. The
microwave theory led to the prediction that there is absorption of RF
radiation by the intergalactic medium, a prediction confirmed by
observation in 1990.
BOOK The
Big Bang Never Happened,
Random House/Times Books, 1991. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS Do
Local Analogs of Lyman Break Galaxies Exist? R. Scarpa, R. Falomo, and E.
Lerner The
Astrophysical Journal. Volume 668, Issue 1, Page 74–80, Oct 2007 http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.2948 Evidence
for a Non-Expanding Universe: Surface Brightness Data From HUDF Advances
towards pB11 Fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus, Eric
J. Lerner, Robert E. Terry, to be published in Current Trends in
International Fusion Research, Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium, 2005 http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3149 Two
World Systems Revisited: A Comparison of Plasma Cosmology and the Big
Bang, IEEE Trans. On Plasma Sci. 31, p.1268-1275, 2003 Prospects
for p11B fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus: New Results (
Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Current Trends in International
Fusion Research), 2003 http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0401126 Lerner,
E.J., Peratt, A.L., Final Report, Jet Propulsion Laboratory contract 959962, 1995 (1995). "Intergalactic Radio Absorption and the COBE Data", Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol.227, May, 1995, p.61-81 "On
the Problem of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis", Astrophysics and Space
Science, Vol.227, May, 1995 p.145-149 "The
Case Against the Big Bang" in Progress in New Cosmologies,
Halton C. Arp et al, eds., Plenum Press (New York), 1993 "Confirmation
of Radio Absorption by the Intergalactic Medium",
Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol 207,1993 p.17-26.
"Force-Free
Magnetic Filaments and the Cosmic Background Radiation", IEEE
Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol.20, no. 6,
Dec. 1992, pp. 935-938. "Radio
Absorption by the Intergalactic Medium," The Astrophysical
Journal, Vol. 361, Sept. 20, 1990, pp. 63‑68. "Prediction
of the Submillimeter Spectrum of the Cosmic Background Radiation by a
Plasma Model," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 18,
No. 1, Feb. 1990, pp. 43‑48.
"Galactic
Model of Element Formation," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science,
Vol. 17, No. 3, April 1989, pp. 259‑263.
"Plasma
Model of the Microwave Background," Laser and Particle Beams,
Vol. 6, (1988), pp. 456‑469. "Magnetic
Vortex Filaments, Universal Invariants and the Fundamental
Constants," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Special Issue on
Cosmic Plasma, Vol. PS‑14, No. 6, Dec. 1986, pp. 690‑702. "Magnetic
Self‑Compression in Laboratory Plasma, Quasars and Radio
Galaxies," Laser and Particle Beams, Vol. 4, Pt. 2, (1986),
pp. 193‑222. PATENT Atomizing
Desalination Process (US. Pat 5,207,928) AWARDS Aviation
Space Writers Association 1993 Award of Excellence in Journalism: Trade
Magazines/Space for "GOES NEXT Goes Astray"
Aerospace America, May 1992.
Society
for Technical Communication 1992 Award
of Distinction:
"Technology is Teaming", Bellcore Insight, Summer,
1991. Aviation
Space Writers Association 1990 Award of Excellence in Journalism:
Special Interest/Trade Magazine Category for "Lessons of Flight
665," Aerospace America, April, 1989. Aviation
Space Writers Association 1990 Journalism Award, North East Region: Special Interest/Space Magazine Category for "Galileo's
Tortuous Journey to Jupiter," Aerospace America, August, 1989. Aviation
Space Writers Association 1988 National Journalism Award: Special
Interest/Space Magazine Category for "FAA: An Agency
Besieged", Aerospace America, February‑April, 1987. Aviation
Space Writers Association 1985 Journalism Award, North East Region:
Special Interest/Space Magazine Category for "SDI Series", Aerospace
America, August‑November, 1985. Aviation
Space Writers Association 1984 Journalism Award Northeast Region:
Special Interest/Space Magazine Category for "Mushrooming
Vulnerability to EMP", Aerospace
America, August 1984. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES |
Eric J.
Lerner