Abstract:
The present work investigates the dynamics of ejection of quasars from
galaxies in the Variable Mass Hypothesis (VMH), originally discussed by Narlikar
& Das to provide a theoretical interpretation of the observed alignments of quasars
with active galaxies. According to the VMH a typical quasar is ejected from the
parent galaxy with zero rest mass which grows with time through a Machian
interaction whereas its speed decreases from its initial value which equals the speed
of light. A consistent picture emerges from the calculations, based on the recent
observational data from X-ray astronomy, in which the quasar passes through a
continuous sequence of decreasing redshifts and increasing masses as it grows old.
The calculations also provide a method for distinguishing between quasars which
can escape the gravitational influence of the parent galaxies and the ones which are
bound.
