TP-37

A Ritzian Interpretation of Variable Stars

Robert S. Fritzius

A revived version of de-Sitter's 1913 "binary stars" argument against Ritz's (Galilean relativity)emission theory. de-Sitter's "contention" provides a possible explanation for the light intensity and frequency modulation mechanism of Cepheid variables, pulsars and Gamma-ray bursters. Software to compute intensity and frequency modulation is used to provide graphical displays for comparision with astronomical observations.