Message from the SUN
Abstract
Abstract: The Northern and Southern Lights are caused by the solar IMF. Gill’s Electronic Theory of
Magnetism (1964) shows how the solar IMF on approaching the magnetosphere of the Earth splits into its
negative and positive electric energy components which head for the opposite magnetic poles of the Earth
to cause the equally bright Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis.
Why these Northern and Southern lights don’t reach all the way to the magnetic poles of the Earth and why
they are brighter on the night side will be illustrated. Kristian Birkeland’s (1900-1916) “terrella”
experiments are also further explained.
The great 1859 spectral auroral event affecting the Earth which also showed the link between the
magnetic effect and the electrical effect is explained (Message from the SUN.)
The solar source of the essential electrical seeding of the magnetic poles of the Earth for the functioning of
the geomagnetic dynamo of the Earth to create its magnetosphere is shown
Some applications to harness this solar electrical energy are presented and some dot product equations are
presented to support these applications.
Gill’s electronic theory of magnetism (1964) explains all of the above and is better than Maxwell’s
pre-existing dipole theory of magnetism (1873).
