Posts by Andy Liakos

1) Message boards : News : PhD Thesis (Message 69245) Posted 9 Nov 2019 by Andy Liakos Post: Hey Everyone, I just wanted to updated everyone on some of the current scientific work and results coming out of MilkyWay@home. These results can be found in my PhD thesis which I posted here. The major result from this work is that we have mapped 7 stellar streams in the Milky Way halo. We believe two of these streams are likely to newly discovered streams. These results would not have been possible without the contributions of the MilkyWay@home volunteers. Looking forward we hope to improve our mapping algorithms to find map new stellar streams and better fit those we have already found. Thank you. Jake Hi Jake! Congratulations on your ongoing work, and nicely done. Question... I believe I understand that a lot of the mapping of these stellar streams revolves (sorry, pun not intended) around gravity theory, and the idea that dark matter is responsible for the structures and the organization of these structures, not to mention the cohesion of the galaxy at large. Since I cannot open the link to your thesis, I am unable to read if this is also your understanding and conclusion, or if perhaps plasma cosmology is also a consideration in your work. Please understand I am not attempting to start a debate here, just asking the question, since there is a lot of recent discussion involving plasma cosmology as an alternative to the theory of dark matter. Since I have only a terribly superficial understanding of this, and am still in a learning phase with a nearly vertical learning curve, any insight, if you feel it is worth your time, would be appreciated. Here is a link to one of many articles on one of many sites that appear to be discussing plasma cosmology as an alternative to the theory of dark matter: https://www.thunderbolts.info/thunderblogs/archives/mgmirkin08/081708_tangled_web.htm