President, Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Inc.

Scientific research in plasma physics and desalination

• Development of fusion energy and X-ray sources based on the dense plasma focus
• Originated plasma-based theories of quasars, large-scale structure and other phenomena of the Universe
• Author of "The Big Bang Never Happened"
• Development of Atomizing Desalination Process

Writing and editing on high technology

• Over 600 articles published

RESEARCH

1995-Present

Designed experiment to test hypothesis that the 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, and Rogowski coil. Actively participated in experiment including selection of experimental parameters and construction of heating apparatus for decaborane functioning. Analyzed resulting data. Demonstrated achievement of 200 keV energies. Developed theory of magnetic field effect that shows feasibility of proton-boron fusion. Worked to develop intense X-ray source for infrastructure inspection. Continued development of plasma cosmology theories.

1992-1995

Designed experiment to test theory of heating in the dense plasma focus (DPF). Designed electrodes, experimental plan, participated in carrying out experiment, and analyzed data.

1986- 1991

Developed an original theory of quasars based on extrapolation from laboratory-scale plasma instabilities in the DPF. Developed detailed theory of functioning 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

ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

• Advances Toward PB11 Fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus
• Prospects for pB11 fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus: New Results
• Lerner, E.J., Peratt, A.L., Final Report, Jet Propulsion Laboratory contract 959962, (1995)
• Two World Systems Revisited: A Comparison of Plasma Cosmology and the Big Bang
• "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," Part 1, Part 2. Laser and Particle Beams, Vol. 4, Pt. 2, (1986), pp. 193-222

PATENTS

Atomizing Desalination Process (U.S. Patent #5,207,928)

Focus Fusion Generator (US. Pat #7,482,607)

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

IEEE, the American Physical Society and  American Astronomical Society