Author(s)

John Glover

Chemical Engineering Department, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.

A tired light/contracting universe (TLCU) model is shown to be an excellent fit to the redshift/distance modulus data for the 580 supernovae 1a in the Union2.1 compilation. The data reveal that the Milky Way is in a static region with a radius of about 450 Mpc. Beyond the static region the universe is contracting with a space velocity which is linearly proportional to distance over the whole range of the data (K=−7.6±2.3km⋅s⁻¹⋅Mpc⁻¹). The other constant of the model is the Hubble constant for which a value of H=69.51±0.86 km⋅s⁻¹⋅Mpc⁻¹ is obtained. The fit of the TLCU model to the Union2.1 data is at least as good as the fit of the two constant ΛCDM model to the same data. A formula for photon travel distance is derived and an experiment for the possible detection of the tired light process is proposed.

Cosmology, Observations, Theory

Glover, J. (2017) A Tired Light/Contracting Universe Model from the Union2.1 Supernovae Data. Journal of Modern Physics, 8, 147-155. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2017.82013.