Ejection of quasars from galaxies and the variable mass hypothesis

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.