On time dilation in quasar light curves
arXiv:1004.1824 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16581.x
Abstract
In this paper we set out to measure time dilation in quasar light curves. In order to detect the effects of time dilation, sets of light curves from two monitoring programmes are used to construct Fourier power spectra covering timescales from 50 days to 28 years. Data from high and low redshift samples are compared to look for the changes expected from time dilation. The main result of the paper is that quasar light curves do not show the effects of time dilation. Several explanations are discussed, including the possibility that time dilation effects are exactly offset by an increase in timescale of variation associated with black hole growth, or that the variations are caused by microlensing in which case time dilation would not be expected.
8 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS. Published online 9 April 2010.
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