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Hubble Optical Collapse-Horizons from z>9
Authors: Peter J. Riley
Abstract:
The James Webb Space Telescope is predicted to detect redshifts to z~15, with the current max reported at z=14.3. However, there is a potential special-relativistic horizon that may already be in operation from z > 9. It is shown that the Lorentz transformations with Hubble recessional velocities > 0.98c (boosts y < 0.19) combine contraction and mass-boosts to an apparent gravitational collapse relative to a distant observer, which leads to optical extinction. A Milky Way-type galaxy will disappear at z~15. The collapse equations are derived, and galaxy types are compared to illustrate the range of z leading to extinction.Keywords: hubble, redshift, relativistic, collapse
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