Quasar redshifts and non-potential interactions
Abstract
A possible interpretation of the large redshifts of quasars in terms of a generalized (cosmological) Doppler effect, based on the Lie-isotropic lifting of relativity (i.e., to a deformation of the space-time metric when, non-potential forces are present) is suggested. The difficulties encountered in the explanation of quasar properties arise from the interpretation of their large redshifts and attempts were made to circumvent such difficulties by a 'nearby' localization of quasars. In order to uphold a noncosmological origin of the quasar redshifts, it is necessary to invoke breakdown in quasars of conventional physical laws. The main assumption, of the possible interpretation presented, is that within quasars there act non-potential, non-Hamiltonian forces that are much stronger than those possibly also present in galaxies.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990STIN...9328143M
- Keywords:
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- Doppler Effect;
- Lie Groups;
- Quasars;
- Red Shift;
- Relativistic Effects;
- Space-Time Functions;
- Cosmology;
- Gravitational Fields;
- Radio Emission;
- Astrophysics