• DocumentCode
    1217134
  • Title

    Titius-bode and the helicity connection: a quantized field theory of protostar formation

  • Author

    Wells, Daniel R.

  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    865
  • Lastpage
    873
  • Abstract
    The Titius-Bode relation is discussed in terms of the basic physics of the formation of the solar system. It is demonstrated that the Bode numbers are the eigenvalues of the Euler-Lagrange equation resulting from the variation of the free energy of the generic plasma that formed the sun and planets. It is postulated that a major disturbance in the plane of the galaxy resulted in the formation of a plasma structure that proceeded to lose energy to it surroundings until it reached its lowest possible free-energy state. The free energy of the plasmoid is varied subject to appropriate side conditions. The resulting morphology is described by first-and second-order Bessel functions. There is close agreement between the Bode numbers and the zeros of the Bessel functions of the first kind of order one. The result is a minimum action field theory of planetary formation that does not invoke the concept of "action at a distance" forces.
  • Keywords
    Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Equations; Morphology; Observatories; Orbits; Physics; Planets; Plasmas; Solar system; Sun;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.1986.4316636
  • Filename
    4316636