Arp's View of Cosmological Redshift Without the Second Postulate of Relativity

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• Volume 13, Issue 1, Jan. 2025

Year:

2025

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Paolillis Light Speed Function, Slowing Down of Photons, Arps Viewpoint of Cosmological Redshift Revised

Authors:

Antonio Luigi Paolilli

Journal:

IJISM

Volume:

13

Number:

1

Pages:

1-7

Month:

January

ISSN:

2347-9051

Abstract:

This note shows that the Cosmological Redshift, in addition to the receding motion of galaxies away from each other resulting from the theorised expansion of the universe, can also result from a reduction in the speed of photons. This slowdown, which generates a reduction in the frequency of light, is predicted by Paolilli's function, which provides an alternative explanation of the Michelson-Morley experiment by assuming that photons can exhibit two motions: one away from the point of emission and another in a direction different from the first, due to external forces (motion of the emission source or gravity). The application of this function, while revaluing the vision of the astronomer Halton Arp who, believing in a stationary universe, contested the Big Bang Theory, does not, however, take into account the explanation he provided, which was essentially based on an assumed increase in the mass of particles over time. Furthermore, the predicted reduction in photon frequency could shed new light on phenomena such as the “cosmic microwave background” and why the night sky appears dark.

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