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A Tentative Explanation of Cosmological Red Shift

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

T. Chang  and
D. G. Torr
T. Chang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899
D. G. Torr
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899

Abstract

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In this paper we suggest a possible alternative explanation of cosmological red shift. We consider that there exists a background field in the universe, and that light (the photon) has an extremely weak interaction with this background, and as result, experiences an energy loss. By analogy with damped oscillations, we introduce a dumping term with the first derivative with respect to time in the wave equation. The solution yields a linearly reduced freguency of the light with travel distance. The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate how a simple alternative interpretation of the Hubble relation can be generated.

Type
VI. Redshift Related Problems
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 124: Paired and Interacting Galaxies , 1990 , pp. 491 - 495
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1990

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