%0 Journal Article
%T The Redshift Effect as an Electrodynamic Concept
%A Isaak Man¡¯kin
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 9
%N 6
%P 1-5
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2022
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1108917
%X We discuss the nature of the redshift effect by assuming that the frequency and the speed of light decrease in time while it propagates from a stationary source of light relative to a stationary observer. This concept differs in a principal way from the modern model of the redshift effect, which states that the observed increase in the wavelength of emitted light from far-away objects is due to cosmological expansion of the universe. Precisely, an increase in the distance between a light source and the observer over time leads to the Doppler effect and as a result the redshift effect. We introduce a completely different explanation of the redshift effect: that the observed shift in the frequency does not arise as a result of the Doppler effect, but rather the ¡°aging¡± of light: precisely the decrease in the photon¡¯s energy over time emitted by a stationary source to a stationary observer. In this case, as will be explained later, there is a need for an additional condition¡ªa decrease in the speed of light as time passes. It can be assumed that if the fundamental physical constant c depends on time, other fundamental physical constants are also dependent on time.
%K Redshift
%K Expansion of the Universe
%K Decrease of Speed of Light over Time
%K Doppler Effect
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6775412