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arXiv:1605.08634 (cross-list from physics.pop-ph) [pdf]
On The Relativity of Redshifts: Does Space Really "Expand"?
Geraint F. Lewis
Comments: 6 pages, 5 figures, appeared in Australian Physics
Journal-ref: Australian Physics (2016), 53(3), 95-100
Subjects: Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
In classes on cosmology, students are often told that photons stretch as space expands, but just how physical is this picture? Does space really expand? In this article, we explore the notion of the redshift of light with Einstein's general theory of relativity, showing that the core underpinning principles reveal that redshifts are both simpler and more complex than you might naively think. This has significant implications for the observed redshifting of photons as they travel across the universe, often refereed to as the cosmological redshift, and for the idea of expanding spaceThere has been a lot of posts about the expansion of or stretching of space
i thought this article may clear up some of the confusion.
On The Relativity of Redshifts: Does Space Really "Expand"?
Geraint F. Lewis
Comments: 6 pages, 5 figures, appeared in Australian Physics
Journal-ref: Australian Physics (2016), 53(3), 95-100
Subjects: Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
In classes on cosmology, students are often told that photons stretch as space expands, but just how physical is this picture? Does space really expand? In this article, we explore the notion of the redshift of light with Einstein's general theory of relativity, showing that the core underpinning principles reveal that redshifts are both simpler and more complex than you might naively think. This has significant implications for the observed redshifting of photons as they travel across the universe, often refereed to as the cosmological redshift, and for the idea of expanding spaceThere has been a lot of posts about the expansion of or stretching of space
i thought this article may clear up some of the confusion.