Time Dilation and Quasar Variability
Astrophysics
2009-11-06 v1
Abstract
The timescale of quasar variability is widely expected to show the effects of time dilation. In this paper we analyse the Fourier power spectra of a large sample of quasar light curves to look for such an effect. We find that the timescale of quasar variation does not increase with redshift as required by time dilation. Possible explanations of this result all conflict with widely held consensus in the scientific community.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0105073,
title = {Time Dilation and Quasar Variability},
author = {M. R. S. Hawkins},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0105073},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages including 3 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters