Peer Reviewed Papers
Physics of Plasmas – 2023
What are the fastest routes to fusion energy? (AIP Publishing, PDF 855 KB)
Journal of Fusion Energy – 2023
Focus Fusion: Overview of Progress Towards p-B11 Fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus (Springer Link, PDF 1.7 MB)
Physics of Plasmas – 2017
Confined ion energy >200 keV and increased fusion yield in a DPF with monolithic tungsten electrodes and pre-ionization (AIP Publishing, PDF 1.1 MB)
Physics of Plasmas – 2014
Runaway electrons as a source of impurity and reduced fusion yield in the dense plasma focus (AIP Publishing, PDF 457 KB)
ICPIG – 2013
Increasing plasmoid ion density in a MA plasma focus device (XXXI ICPIG, PDF 295 KB)
Physics of Plasmas – 2012
Fusion reactions from >150 keV ions in a dense plasma focus plasmoid (AIP Publishing, PDF 553 KB)
Nukleonika – 2012
Fusion reaction scaling in a mega-amp dense plasma focus (Nukleonika, PDF 614 KB)
Journal of Fusion Energy – 2011
Theory and Experimental Program for p-B11 Fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus (Springer Nature, PDF 796 KB)
Conference paper:
Ahmad Talaei and E. Lerner “Viscous and induced current heating in plasma focus plasmoids” Proceeding of 54th annual meeting of the APS division of plasma physics, vol. 57, No. 12, RI, USA, 2012 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=graduate_presentations
Invited Presentations:
International Conference on Plasma Science and Applications, 2013
Oxford University Science Society, May, 2014
PLASMA 2017
PLASMA 2019
International Conference on Plasma Science and Applications, 2022
Workshop on Proton-Boron Fusion, 2023
Astrophysics Papers
The Big Bang Never Happened – 2022
The Big Bang Never Happened – A Reassessment of the Galactic Origin of Light Elements (GOLE) Hypothesis and its Implications, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21108.63366 (2022)
Confirmation of Plasma Theory – 2022
Observations of Large-Scale Structures Contradict the Predictions of the Big Bang Hypothesis But Confirm Plasma Theory, Eric J Lerner, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26141.79844 (2022)
Will LCDM cosmology survive the James Webb Space Telescope? – 2022
Will LCDM cosmology survive the James Webb Space Telescope? Riccardo Scarpa, Eric J Lerner, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361208585 (2022)
Contradicting the Expanding Universe Hypothesis – 2018
Observations contradict galaxy size and surface brightness predictions that are based on the expanding universe hypothesis, Eric J Lerner, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 477, 3185, 2018
UV surface brightness of galaxies from the local universe to z ∼ 5 – 2014
UV surface brightness of galaxies from the local universe to z ∼ 5, Eric J. Lerner, Renato Falomo, Riccardo Scarpa, International Journal of Modern Physics D, 23, 1450058 (2014) https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.0275
Preliminary Results of Tolman Test challenge the Expanding Universe Model – 2009
Tolman Test from z = 0.1 to z = 5.5: Preliminary Results Challenge the Expanding Universe Model. Lerner, E. J., 2nd Crisis in Cosmology Conference, CCC-2. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 413, Proceedings of the conference held 7-11 September 2008, at Port Angeles, Washington, USA. Edited by Frank Potter. San Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific,p.12 (2009) https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.4284
Do Local Analogs of Lyman Break Galaxies Exist? – 2007
Do Local Analogs of Lyman Break Galaxies Exist? Scarpa, R.; Falomo, R.; Lerner, E. The Astrophysical Journal, 668, 74 (2007)
Evidence for a Non-Expanding Universe – 2006
Evidence for a Non-Expanding Universe: Surface Brightness Data From HUDF Authors: Lerner, Eric J. 1st, CCC-1. Crisis in Cosmology Conference, CCC-1, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 822, pp. 60-74 (2006). https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0509611
A comparison of plasma cosmology and the big bang – 2003
Two world systems revisited: A comparison of plasma cosmology and the big bang, E.J. Lerner, IEEE transactions on plasma science 31, 1268 (2003) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3165569
Intergalactic Radio Absorption and the COBE Data – 1995
Intergalactic Radio Absorption and the COBE Data, Astrophysics and Space Science, E.J. Lerner 227, 61 (1995) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227122671
On the Problem of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Astrophysics and Space Science – 1995
On the Problem of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Astrophysics and Space Science, E.J. Lerner 227, 145 (1995) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226051594
The Case Against the Big Bang – 1993
The Case Against the Big Bang, E.J. Lerner, in Progress in New Cosmologies, Halton C. Arp et al, eds., Plenum Press (New York), 1993 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260864724
Confirmation of Radio Absorption by the Intergalactic Medium – 1993
Confirmation of Radio Absorption by the Intergalactic Medium, E.J. Lerner, Astrophysics and Space Science, 207, 17 (1993) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225310592
Force-Free Magnetic Filaments and the Cosmic Background Radiation – 1992
Force-Free Magnetic Filaments and the Cosmic Background Radiation, E.J. Lerner IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 20, 935 (1992) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3163331
Radio Absorption by the Intergalactic Medium – 1990
Radio Absorption by the Intergalactic Medium, E.J. Lerner The Astrophysical Journal, 361, 63 (1990) https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1990ApJ…361…63L
Galactic Model of Element Formation – 1989
Galactic Model of Element Formation, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 17, 259 (1989) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3162866
Plasma Model of the Microwave Background – 1988
Plasma Model of the Microwave Background, E.J. Lerner Laser and Particle Beams, 6, 456 (1988) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231991223
Magnetic Vortex Filaments, Universal Invariants and the Fundamental Constants – 1986
Magnetic Vortex Filaments, Universal Invariants and the Fundamental Constants, E.J. Lerner IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Special Issue on Cosmic Plasma, PS-14, 690 (1986) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3167414
Magnetic Self-Compression in Laboratory Plasma, Quasars and Radio Galaxies – 1986
Magnetic Self-Compression in Laboratory Plasma, Quasars and Radio Galaxies, Part 1, Part 2. , E.J. Lerner, Laser and Particle Beams, 4, 193 (1986) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231853568, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231988333
Magnetic Self-Compression in Laboratory Plasma, Quasars and Radio Galaxies – 1985
Magnetic self-compression in laboratory plasmas, quasars and radio galaxies. Part I (Cambridge University Press, PDF 7.81 MB)