Abstract
Evidence is presented for redshift quantization and variability as detected in global studies done in the rest frame of the cosmic background radiation. Quantization is strong and consistent with predictions derived from concepts associated with multidimensional time. Nine families of periods are possible but not equally likely. The most basic family contains previously known periods of 73 and 36 km s−1 and shorter harmonics at 18.3 and 9.15 km s−1. Several approaches to evaluating the significance of quantization are employed and the dependence on redshift, the width and shape of 21 cm profiles and morphology is discussed. Common properties between samples define several basic classes of galaxies. Quantization is consistently optimized for a transformation vertex very close to the vertex of the cosmic background dipole. Relationships between cosmocentric and galactocentric rest frames are discussed.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Bicay, M. D. and Giovanelli, R.: 1986a,AJ,91, 705
Bicay, M. D. and Giovanelli, R.: 1986b,AJ,91, 732
Bicay, M. D. and Giovanelli, R.: 1987,AJ,93, 1326
Cocke, W. J. and Tifft, W. G.: 1996,Astroph. & Space Sci., in press
Cocke, W. J., DeVito, C. and Pitucco, A.: 1996, this conference
Croasdale, M. R.: 1989,ApJ,345, 72
Fisher, J. R. and Tully, R. B.: 1981,ApJS,47, 139
Giovanelli, R. and Haynes, M. P.: 1985,AJ,90, 2445
Giovanelli, R. and Haynes, M. P.: 1989,AJ,97, 633
Guthrie, B. N. G. and Napier, W. N.: 1991,MNRAS,253, 533
Guthrie, B. N. G. and Napier, W. N.: 1996,A&A, in press
Hoffmann, G. L., Helou, G., Salpeter, E. E., Glosson, J., Sandage, A.: 1987,ApJS,63, 247
Lehto, A.: 1990,Chinese J. Phys. 28, 215
Tifft, W. G.: 1978a,ApJ,221, 449
Tifft, W. G.: 1978b,ApJ,221, 756
Tifft, W. G.: 1990,ApJS,73, 603
Tifft, W. G.: 1991,ApJ,382, 396
Tifft, W. G.: 1995a,Astroph. & Space Sci.,227, 25
Tifft, W. G.: 1995b,Mercury,24, 12
Tifft, W. G.: 1996a, this conference
Tifft, W. G.: 1996b,ApJ, in press (Sept. 10)
Tifft, W. G.: 1997, in preparation
Tifft, W. G., & Cocke, W. J.: 1984,ApJ,287, 492
Tifft, W. G., & Cocke, W. J.: 1988,ApJS,67, 1
Tifft, W. G., Cocke, W. J., & DeVito, C.: 1996,Astroph. & Space Sci., in press
Tifft, W. G., & Lehto, A.: 1996, in preparation
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Tifft, W.G. Evidence for quantized and variable redshifts in the cosmic background rest frame. Astrophys Space Sci 244, 29–56 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642278
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642278