Michael Wofsey

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  76 What is the reason for Earth's magnetic field?
  By Vasuki Shankar · Visvesvaraya Technological University
  Michael Wofsey · CNJV support contactor to U.S. Department of Energy

  Graham, thank you for those articles, I enjoyed reading them. There may be some mistakes in both of those articles ... In the NASA article, the aut... [more]

  Graham, thank you for those articles, I enjoyed reading them. There may be some mistakes in both of those articles ... In the NASA article, the author writes "while Earth's magnetic field can indeed weaken and strengthen over time, there is no indication that it has ever disappeared completely." I agree that there is going to be residual permanent magnetism, but if the polarity of the electromagnetic field flips, it will necessitate at least some duration of measurably negligible field, because the cross-product of the Lorentz force demands that. On the Insider article, the author writes that NO (and presumably NOx) consume (presumably stratospheric) ozone. This is a simple enough reaction, but we also know that in the trosposphere, NOx and VOCs combine through photochemical reactions to form new O3 through the Leighton cycle. I'm not sure about concluding the O3 balance without a more complete model. Can we all agree on this question that there is no experimentally-verified theory as to the process of pole flips?
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  76 What is the reason for Earth's magnetic field?
  By Vasuki Shankar · Visvesvaraya Technological University
  Michael Wofsey · CNJV support contactor to U.S. Department of Energy

  Hi Tapio, Considering we still have no demonstrable model of the geomagnetic pole flips, I'm interested in any theory. All we can conclude now is that... [more]

  Hi Tapio, Considering we still have no demonstrable model of the geomagnetic pole flips, I'm interested in any theory. All we can conclude now is that they're chaotic. I'm okay with concluding it's a system that defies prediction, but given all of the measured data we have on the flips, it would be terrific to at least have a theory. Also, I have a question about what you wrote above, that "geomagetic data show no correlation with Earth's dipole reversals." I believe the historic geomagentic data we have (i.e. basaltic evidence) IS the measurement of the Earth's dipole reversals. Until shown otherwise, I'll have to go sleep at night with my messy understanding of a laminar many-body problem with spherical symmetry. But that's hand-waving, I haven't been able to actually create any kind of model with that.
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  76 What is the reason for Earth's magnetic field?
  By Vasuki Shankar · Visvesvaraya Technological University
  Michael Wofsey · CNJV support contactor to U.S. Department of Energy

  Hi Joseph, I would love the symbol definitions ... I guess the take is that if a meteor of large enough impact force hits the Earth then there is a sp... [more]

  Hi Joseph, I would love the symbol definitions ... I guess the take is that if a meteor of large enough impact force hits the Earth then there is a spring-like action, i.e. some oscillations in an LC-like circuit? I may not have this right, I'm just guessing at this point, having just been introduced to your theory. Is there evidence to support this? For instance some periodic meteor impact evidence that corresponds with the periodicity of geomagnetic pole flips as seen in basaltic signatures?
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  76 What is the reason for Earth's magnetic field?
  By Vasuki Shankar · Visvesvaraya Technological University
  Michael Wofsey · CNJV support contactor to U.S. Department of Energy

  Joseph, I don't know that relation, do you mind listing what the variables q, p, f, b, a, G, e represent and from what the relation is derived? 

  Joseph, I don't know that relation, do you mind listing what the variables q, p, f, b, a, G, e represent and from what the relation is derived?
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  76 What is the reason for Earth's magnetic field?
  By Vasuki Shankar · Visvesvaraya Technological University
  Michael Wofsey · CNJV support contactor to U.S. Department of Energy

  Graham -- I don't know of a decent model that shows periodicity for the geomagnetic polarity flips. It is apparently chaotic when charted to the basal... [more]

  Graham -- I don't know of a decent model that shows periodicity for the geomagnetic polarity flips. It is apparently chaotic when charted to the basaltic data we have. However, I've been out of this area for a while, so there may be something new.
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