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Old 13-April-2008, 08:01 PM
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Well, I read Francis´ paper several times.
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The key is to make it clear that cosmological redshift is not … a gradual process caused by the stretching of space a photon is travelling through. Rather cosmological redshift is caused by the photon being observed in a different frame to that which it is emitted
Although it´s not stated explicitly, my interpretation of this is: The photon´s frame is ALWAYS the frame of its emitter, i.e., frequency shifts occur EXCLUSIVELY in the observer´s (detector´s) frame (if the observer/detector moves relative to the emitter). That makes sense to me.

BUT: If this is true, then the outcome of the MM - experiment is nothing but trivial !? Help!
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