Time Dilation and Quasars In May of 2001 Hawkins published a
paper called “Time Dilation and Quasar Variability”. Part of the
Abstract reads as follows. “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.”
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0105073 The conflict arises
since this indicates that space-time is not expanding. This is
contrary to the evidence of type 1a super novas that confirms
the time dilation effect due to the expansion of space.
Initially this topic was posted by Dunash on this BB on January
10, 2002, but there was no follow up discussion of his posting.
http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php? I am
appreciative for dgruss23 bringing up the paper in the course of
a poll discussion called “Is the expansion of space-time
accelerating or decelerating?”.
http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/vi...2&start=50 (Page 3) I
believe referen