Quasars, Redshifts and ControversiesCambridge University Press, 29 set 1988 - 208 pagine For twenty years, the author has contested the 'establishment' view of quasars as the most distant objects in the universe. In this book, Arp presents the original observations and fundamental data on quasars and galaxies, and explains why he has concluded that: far from being the most distant objects in the universe, quasars are associated in space with relatively nearby galaxies; quasars' enormous redshifts do not arise from the expansion of the universe, but rather are intrinsic properties of the quasars themselves; many galaxies show redshift anomalies related to quasars' redshifts; quasars and galaxies have an origin far different from that assumed in the 'standard' big-bang model of the universe; many astronomers, despite the accumulation of compelling evidence, defend what Arp believes is a fundamentally incorrect assumption about cosmic objects. |
Sommario
Introduction | 11 |
Distances of Quasars | 11 |
The Battle Over Statistics | 17 |
Galaxies Visibly Connected to Quasars | 31 |
Certain Galaxies with Many Quasars | 47 |
Distribution of Quasars in Space | 63 |
Galaxies with Excess Redshift | 81 |
Small Excess Redshifts the Local Group | 107 |
Correcting Intrinsic Redshifts and Identifying | 115 |
Ejection from Galaxies | 133 |
The Sociology of the Controversy | 165 |
Interpretations | 173 |
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