Animation research publication astronomy

The animation we created in 1992 with Frédéric Landsheat.
Rejected by multiple journals, including Astronomy and Astrophysics (edited by James Lequeux).

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The animation file (two megabytes) in AVI format.

When one sees the result of this interesting work from 1992, which led—unprecedentedly—to stable structures, one realizes the sterilizing effect of the peer-review system, which, almost invariably, is controlled by individuals who reject without reading anything they perceive as even slightly "exotic." This work was rejected by a good dozen journals, including the classic Astronomy and Astrophysics, edited by James Lequeux. How can research continue when confronted with such barriers? The outcome was simply abandoning the work twelve years ago.