THE MALTA COSMOLOGY TEMPLATE



Chapter 06 - Photons






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Part 1
Cosmic Photon Creation


Part 2
Photon Mechanics


Part 3
Cosmic Background Radiation


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Photon Selfproofs

SELFPROOF 0608 - DOPPLER COLOURSHIFTING

CURRENT COSMOLOGY MODEL

The Doppler effect is the change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave. The Doppler effect for electromagnetic waves such as light is of great use in astronomy and results in either a redshift or blueshift. Doppler colourshifting has been used to measure the speed at which stars and galaxies are approaching or receding from us. The use of Doppler colourshifting in astronomy depends on our knowledge that the spectra of stars are not continuous. They exhibit absorption lines at well defined frequencies. Doppler colourshifting is recognisable in the fact that the absorption lines are not always at the frequencies that are obtained from the spectrum of a stationary light source. (Wikipedia 09 Apr 2012)


MALTA COSMOLOGY TEMPLATE
  • A photon converging on another object is blue gravityshifted.  (see Argument 0606)  
  • A photon diverging from another object is red gravityshifted.  (see Argument 0607)  
COMMENTARY

Gravitational colourshifting is complicated by a Doppler Effect which occurs when the photon emitting object and the photon receiving object are converging on each other or diverging from each other. Consider the following examples:
  • EXAMPLE A: 
    • Galaxy A and Galaxy B are diverging. 
    • They are adjacent and of equal mass, with each having a gravitysheath diameter of 200,000 lightyears.  
    • Photons are emitted at the galactic core of Galaxy A and received at the galactic core of Galaxy B.
    • Because the two galaxies are diverging a photon travelling between the two spends less time in the gravitysheath of Galaxy A being redshifted than it does in the gravitysheath of Galaxy B being blueshifted.
    • Thus it is received at Galaxy B with a net doppler blueshift.
  • EXAMPLE B:
    • Galaxy A and Galaxy B are converging.
    • They are adjacent and of equal mass, with each having a gravitysheath diameter of 200,000 lightyears.
    • Photons are emitted at the galactic core of Galaxy A and received at the galactic core of Galaxy B. 
    • Because the two galaxies are converging a photon travelling between the two spends more time in the gravitysheath of Galaxy A being redshifted than it does in the gravitysheath of Galaxy B being blueshifted. 
    • Thus it is received at Galaxy B with a net doppler redshift. 
Every photon emitting object in the Universe is moving relative to every photon receiving object. Thus there is always some degree of divergence or convergence. Thus any gravitational colourshift is always altered by some degree of doppler colourshifting. Whether the doppler colourshifting is enough to be directly measurable with our present equipment is another matter.








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REVISIONS

19 Jul 2014 - page revised to 3-section format.