Intergalactic radio absorption and the cobe data

Lerner, E. J.

doi:10.1007/bf00678067

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“…Nevertheless, a close analysis of the COBE data reveals the presence of small departures from a perfect Planck spectrum at different wavelengths (cf. Mather et al 1994;Lerner 1995). Early studies measured the temperature of a blackbody radiator based upon the COBE data.…”

Section: Model Comparison With Cobe Observationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

The cosmic microwave background radiation in a non-expanding universe

Sorrell

2008

Astrophys Space Sci

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During the nineteenth century, it was common for physicists to believe in the existence of a material vacuum composed of an incompressible fluid that fills the whole universe. This fluid was called the aether. Its original purpose was to provide an elastic tenuous medium for light propagation through space. Although it is well understood today that no such medium is needed for light propagation, the existence of a cosmic aether medium in space is still possible and its physical properties can be understood on models of cosmology that have nothing to do with Big-Bang cosmology. It is possible that electromagnetic radiation emitted by the cosmic aether medium has already been detected. The low-frequency electromagnetic radiation emitted by the aether is called the cosmic microwave background radiation. The present study outlines a model for an aether medium that explains the genesis of the microwave background radiation in a closed static (nonexpanding) universe. It is shown that the spectrum of the microwave background radiation is a perfect blackbody with a temperature T rad = 2.77 K in harmony with the perfect cosmological principle. It is further shown that the aether medium is opaque at radio and microwave frequencies. This particular feature of the model does not contradict any observations regarding the existence of distant radio galaxies and quasars.

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Section: Model Comparison With Cobe Observationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

The cosmic microwave background radiation in a non-expanding universe

Sorrell

2008

Astrophys Space Sci

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“…The CMBR may be produced by the scattering of photons with electrons in a plasma of temperature 2 million K [29]. Lerner [177,178] proposes that electrons in intergalactic magnetic fields emit and absorb microwave radiation. There is no relation between the direction in which the radiation was moving when it was absorbed and its direction on re-emission, so the microwaves would be scattered.…”

Section: Alternative Origin Of Cmbrmentioning

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Tests and Problems of the Standard Model in Cosmology

López-Corredoira

2017

Found Phys

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The main foundations of the standard ΛCDM model of cosmology are that: 1) The redshifts of the galaxies are due to the expansion of the Universe plus peculiar motions; 2) The cosmic microwave background radiation and its anisotropies derive from the high energy primordial Universe when matter and radiation became decoupled; 3) The abundance pattern of the light elements is explained in terms of primordial nucleosynthesis; and 4) The formation and evolution of galaxies can be explained only in terms of gravitation within a inflation+dark matter+dark energy scenario. Numerous tests have been carried out on these ideas and, although the standard model works pretty well in fitting many observations, there are also many data that present apparent caveats to be understood with it. In this paper, I offer a review of these tests and problems, as well as some examples of alternative models.Keywords Cosmology · Observational cosmology · Origin, formation, and abundances of the elements · dark matter · dark energy · superclusters and large-scale structure of the Universe PACS 98.80.-k · 98.80.E · 98.80.Ft · 95.35.+d · 95.36.+x · 98.65.Dx Mathematics Subject Classification (2010) 85A40 · 85-03

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“…In several papers, mostly published outside the "core" astrophysics magisteria, and in his book, Lerner tries to formulate an alternative account for the CMB properties (Lerner 1988(Lerner , 1995. This is mostly a rehashed version of the story of helium + thermalizing dust production in early supermassive stars, as discussed in Section 3.…”

Section: The Cmb In the Plasma Cosmologymentioning

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Alternative explanations of the cosmic microwave background: A historical and an epistemological perspective

Ćirković

Perović

2018

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in

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Abstract:We historically trace various non-conventional explanations for the origin of the cosmic microwave background and discuss their merit, while analyzing the dynamics of their rejection, as well as the relevant physical and methodological reasons for it. It turns out that there have been many such unorthodox interpretations; not only those developed in the context of theories rejecting the relativistic ("Big Bang") paradigm entirely (e.g., by Alfvén, Hoyle and Narlikar) but also those coming from the camp of original thinkers firmly entrenched in the relativistic milieu (e.g., by Rees, Ellis, Rowan-Robinson, Layzer and Hively). In fact, the orthodox interpretation has only incrementally won out against the alternatives over the course of the three decades of its multi-stage development. While on the whole, none of the alternatives to the hot Big Bang scenario is persuasive today, we discuss the epistemic ramifications of establishing orthodoxy and eliminating alternatives in science, an issue recently discussed by philosophers and historians of science for other areas of physics. Finally, we single out some plausible and possibly fruitful ideas offered by the alternatives.

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Intergalactic radio absorption and the cobe data

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

The cosmic microwave background radiation in a non-expanding universe

The cosmic microwave background radiation in a non-expanding universe

Tests and Problems of the Standard Model in Cosmology

Alternative explanations of the cosmic microwave background: A historical and an epistemological perspective

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