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- From: baylissb@topaz.ucq.edu.au
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Where is background energy going?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.202952.13117@topaz.ucq.edu.au>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 20:29:52 AET
- References: <1992Dec12.215859.22026@netcom.com>
- Organization: University of Central Queensland, Australia
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- In article <1992Dec12.215859.22026@netcom.com>, rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain) writes:
- > An interesting question came up on an unlikely mailing list. We observe
- > that the wavelength of the background radiation has decreased as the
- > universe has expanded. This implies loss of energy does it not?
- > Where is that energy going and what is the vehicle of interchange.
- > Photons don't emit photons and energy transfer must be quantized
- > according to QM. (John Baez, I would particularly appreciate a
- > response from you)
-
- Forgetting about GM (as I have not looked into it yet), but with my background
- in optics, I would guess that the refractive index of the university is
- changing.
-
- If this is the case, then energy would not be lost, but explains the change in
- frequency of the wavelenght being considered (sorry if i misinterrupted your
- question).
-
-
- barry...
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- > Bob
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- > Bob Cain rcain@netcom.com 408-358-2007
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- > 'The meek shall inherit the earth--the rest of us will move on..'
- > Sameer Parekh
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