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Old 19-June-2006, 12:22 AM
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Default Specific, pertinent questions concerning lyndonashmore's ATM claims
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Ashmore’s theory can do the following,
Not only can it explain the Hubble relationship for galaxies, but it can also calculate a value for the Hubble constant and get it right.
It can also explain the paradox as to why measured values of the Hubble constant, H are equal to hr/m for the electron in each cubic metre of space Ashmore’s paradox
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There are two different "Ashmore cosmologies" presented in the linked pages, wrt the Hubble relationship:

-a> a Hubble constant that is proportional to the 'average' density of electrons in 'intergalactic space'.

-b> a Hubble constant that is a combination of fundamental constants.

The second is marginally consistent with recent determinations of H0, but inconsistent with a non-linear Hubble relationship, such as one that includes a non-zero 'deceleration parameter'. As there are now thousands (?) of observations of high-z supernovae, and as neither webpage addresses these observations, it would seem that -b> only marginally matches the observations for low redshift galaxies.

The first may match observations, but the webpage does not present anything on the extent to which H0 varies with 'average' electron density in 'intergalactic space'. From the information presented, it seems that the observed value of H0 should vary between ~12 and ~1200 km/s per Mpc (vs the HST Key Project Team's result of ~71 km/s per Mpc). AFAIK, this variation in the value of H0, among galaxies, does not match the observations.
1) To what extent is the "Ashmore idea" in -b> consistent with the many high-z supernovae observations?

2) What are the sources for the value(s) of n (the 'average' density of electrons in 'intergalactic space') in -a>?

3) What kind of 'average' does the method -a> use (or require)?

4) Which regions of 'intergalactic space' do the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of observations of (galaxy) redshifts include?

5) Which regions of 'intergalactic space' are excluded?

6) Which galaxies have been observed to have an H0 in the region [12, 50] km/s per Mpc?

7) Which galaxies have been observed to have an H0 in the region [120, 1200] km/s per Mpc?