Direct evidence for the TGD view of quasars

In a new paper in The Astrophysical Journal (see this), JILA Fellow Jason Dexter, graduate student Kirk Long, and other collaborators compared two main theoretical models for emission data for a specific quasar, 3C 273. The title of the popular article is "Unlocking the Quasar Code: Revolutionary Insights From 3C 273".

If the quasar were a blackhole, one would expect two emission peaks. If the galactic disk is at constant temperature, one would expected redshifted emission peak from it. The second peak would come from the matter falling to the blackhole and it would be blueshifted relative to the first peak. Only single peak was observed. Somehow the falling of the matter is prevented to the quasar is prevented. Could the quasar look like a blackhole-like object in its exterior but emit radiation and matter preventing the falling of the matter to it.

This supports the TGD view of quasars as blackhole-like objects are associated with cosmic strings thickened locally to flux tube tangles (see this, this, this and this). The transformation of pieces of cosmic strings to monopole flux tube tangles would liberate the energy characterized by the string tension as ordinary matter and radiation. This process would be the TGD analog of the decay of inflaton field to matter. The gravitational attraction would lead to the formation of the accretion disk but the matter would not fall down to the quasar.

See the article About the recent TGD based view concerning cosmology and astrophysics or the chapter with the same title.

For a summary of earlier postings see Latest progress in TGD.

For the lists of articles (most of them published in journals founded by Huping Hu) and books about TGD see this.