Can Plasma Scattering Mimic a Cosmological Red-Shift?
Nuclear Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We investigate the extent to which the scattering of light from plasma fluctuations can mimic a cosmological red-shift, as has been suggested by Wolf et al. A plasma model for the plasma structure function results in a spectrum of scattered light very different from that associated with a constant red-shift, implying that the "Wolf effect" cannot be involved to perturb the cosmological distance scale.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9302005,
title = {Can Plasma Scattering Mimic a Cosmological Red-Shift?},
author = {S. Schramm and S. E. Koonin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9302005},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, plain TeX format, 6 uuencoded postscript figures included, Caltech Preprint No. MAP-150