Spooky Alignment of Quasars Across Billions of Light-years.

[RGClark]

Spooky Alignment of Quasars Across Billions of Light-years.
VLT reveals alignments between supermassive black hole axes and large-scale structure.
19 November 2014
http://www.eso.org/public/usa/news/eso1438/

The puzzling aspect of these observations is how could these quasars show axis alignment when it would require interaction between them faster than the speed of light.

This has relationship to the current interpretation of quantum physics. Einstein referred to the quantum physics explanation of instantaneous realization of physical states of correlated particles no matter the distance between them as "spooky action at a distance."

However, mathematically it is possible that these states did exist beforehand, and not just when they are observed. This is the De Broglie–Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics. This interpretation though would require superluminal speeds.

Mathematically it also possible for superluminal speeds to exist and still be in agreement with the experiments that have been *interpreted* to support relativity. That is, the experiments that are regarded as supporting relativity also have mathematical interpretations where superluminal speeds are allowed. It's just that superluminal speeds have not yet been observed.

Bob Clark

 

[Ravenous]

At the time I thought these alignments were explained by the "foam" (large scale structure) of matter in the area already being aligned? So, when the matter first collapsed to form galaxies, each quasar was more likely to rotate in a preferred direction?

(Note: I am not a cosmologist )