Abnormally Large Non-Doppler Red-Shifts from Quasars due to Coherent Raman Interactions.
Abstract
It is clear that Quasars are surrounded by lots of hot atomic hydrogen excited by the observed very strong Lyman absorption. In a magnetic field this gas causes large Doppler-like red-shifts without blur of images or spectra via "Coherent Raman Effect on Time-Incoherent Light" (CREIL). Thus, we conclude that the abnormally large red-shifts from Quasars are partially due to these Coherent Raman Interactions, and that Quasars are NOT at abnormally large distances. An observed Lyman line is as wide as the red-shift produced during its absorption by the atomic hydrogen; we suppose that its splitting into a forest is the result of variations of intensity produced by variations of red-shift (by unit of length) due to variations of the magnetic field. These conclusions obviate the need for any mysterious explanations of Quasars.
- Publication:
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APS April Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- April 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003APS..APR.R9007E