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{{Short description|Physical hypothesis}}
'''Redshift quantization''', also referred to as '''redshift periodicity''',<ref>
{{cite journal |last=Tifft |first=W. G. |date=2006 |title=Redshift periodicities, The Galaxy-Quasar Connection |journal=[[Astrophysics and Space Science]] |volume=285 |issue=2 |pages=429–449 |bibcode=2003Ap&SS.285..429T |doi=10.1023/A:1025457030279|s2cid=120143840 }}</ref> '''redshift discretization''',<ref name=Karlsson>{{cite journal |last=Karlsson |first=K. G. |date=1970 |title=Possible Discretization of Quasar Redshifts |journal=[[Astronomy and Astrophysics]] |volume=13
In [[inflation (cosmology)|standard inflationary cosmological models]], the redshift of cosmological bodies is ascribed to the expansion of the universe, with greater redshift indicating greater [[cosmic distance ladder|cosmic distance]] from the Earth (see [[Hubble's
In 1973, astronomer [[William G. Tifft]] was the first to report evidence of this pattern.
*{{cite journal | last1 = Ratcliffe| first1 = Hilton| date=2009| title = A Review of Anomalous Redshift Data| journal = 2nd Crisis in Cosmology Conference, CCC-2 ASP Conference Series | volume = 413| pages = 109| bibcode = 2009ASPC..413..109R}}
*{{cite journal|bibcode=1973ApJ...186....1B|doi = 10.1086/152474 | title=A Quantitative Alternative to the Cosmological Hypothesis for Quasars | journal=The Astrophysical Journal|date=1973|volume=186|pages=1–21|first=Moley B.|last=Bell|doi-access=free}}
*{{cite journal|bibcode=1979AZh....56..232K| title=periodicity of quasar redshifts ln /1 + z/ | journal=Astronomicheskii Zhurnal|date=1979|volume=56|pages=232–236|first=A. Ia.|last=Kipper}}
*{{cite journal|bibcode=1986ApJ...301..544L|doi = 10.1086/163922 | title=Is the universe really expanding? | journal=The Astrophysical Journal|date=1986|volume=301|pages=544|first=P. A.|last=Laviolette}}
*{{cite journal|bibcode=1980BAAS...12..852B| title=The Redshift Periodicity of QSO's and the Origin of Cosmic Radiation | journal=Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society|date=1980|volume=12|pages=852|first1=J. M.|last1=Barnothy|first2=M. F.|last2=Barnothy |author-link2=Madeleine Barnothy Forro}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Arp |first1=H. |date=1998 |chapter=Quantization of Redshifts |chapter-url=http://redshift.vif.com/BookBlurbs/SeeingRedBlurb.htm |title=Seeing Red |publisher=C. Roy Keys Incorporated |isbn=978-0-9683689-0-9 |
|doi=10.1007/BF02715046|s2cid=119819755 }}</ref>
==Original investigation by William G. Tifft==
[[György Paál]] (for QSOs, 1971<ref>
[[William G. Tifft]] was the first to investigate possible redshift quantization, referring to it as "redshift-magnitude banding correlation".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Tifft |first=W. G. |date=1980 |title=Periodicity in the redshift intervals for double galaxies |journal=[[Astrophysical Journal]] |volume=236 |issue= |pages=70 |bibcode=1980ApJ...236...70T |doi=10.1086/157719}}</ref> In 1973, he wrote:▼
{{cite journal
|last=Paál |first=G.
|date=1971
|title=The global structure of the universe and the distribution of quasi-stellar objects
|journal=[[Acta Physica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae]]
|volume=30 |pages=51–54
|bibcode=1971AcPhH..30...51P
|doi=10.1007/bf03157173
|s2cid=118710050
▲ }}</ref>) and [[William G. Tifft]]
:"Using more than 200 redshifts in Coma, Perseus, and A2199, the presence of a distinct band-related periodicity in redshifts is indicated. Finally, a new sample of accurate redshifts of bright [[Coma cluster of galaxies|Coma galaxies]] on a single band is presented, which shows a strong redshift periodicity of 220 km s<sup>−1</sup>. An upper limit of 20 km s<sup>−1</sup> is placed on the internal Doppler redshift component of motion in the Coma cluster".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Tifft |first=W. G. |title=Fine Structure Within the Redshift-Magnitude Correlation for Galaxies |editor-last=Shakeshaft |editor-first=J. R |journal=Proceedings of the 58th IAU Symposium: The Formation and Dynamics of Galaxies |volume=58 |pages=255–256 |bibcode=1974IAUS...58..243T
Tifft
:"Throughout the development of the program it has seemed increasingly clear that the redshift has properties inconsistent with a simple velocity and/or cosmic scale change interpretation. Various implications have been pointed out from time to time, but basically the work is observationally driven."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Tifft |first=W .G. |date=1995 |title=Redshift Quantization - A Review |journal=[[Astrophysics and Space Science]] |volume=227 |issue=1–2 |pages=25–39 |bibcode=1995Ap&SS.227...25T |doi=10.1007/BF00678064|s2cid=189849264 }}</ref>
== Early research - focused on galaxies rather than quasars ==
In 1971 from redshift quantization [[György Paál|G. Paál]] came up with the idea that the [[Universe]] might have nontrivial [[topological]] structure.
<ref>
{{cite journal
|last=Paál |first=G.
|date=1971
|title=The global structure of the universe and the distribution of quasi-stellar objects
|journal=[[Acta Physica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae]]
|volume=30 |pages=51–54
|bibcode=1971AcPhH..30...51P
|doi=10.1007/bf03157173
|s2cid=118710050
}}</ref>
Studies performed in the 1980s and early 1990s produced confirmatory results:
#In 1989, Martin R. Croasdale reported finding a quantization of redshifts using a different sample of galaxies in increments of 72 km/s or Δ''z'' = {{val|2.4|e=-4}} (where Δ''z'' denotes shift in frequency expressed as a proportion of initial frequency).<ref>{{cite journal |bibcode=1989ApJ...345...72C|doi = 10.1086/167882 | title=Periodicities in galaxy redshifts | journal=The Astrophysical Journal |date=1989 |volume=345 |pages=72 |first=Martin R. |last=Croasdale|doi-access=free }}</ref>
#In 1990, Bruce Guthrie and William Napier reported finding a "possible periodicity" of the same magnitude for a slightly larger data set limited to bright [[spiral galaxy|spiral galaxies]] and excluding other types.<ref>{{cite journal |bibcode=1990MNRAS.243..431G
#In 1992, Guthrie and Napier proposed the observation of a different periodicity in increments of Δ''z'' = {{val|1.24|e=-4}} in a sample of 89 galaxies.<ref>{{cite journal |bibcode=1991MNRAS.253..533G|doi = 10.1093/mnras/253.3.533| title=Evidence for redshift periodicity in nearby field galaxies | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |date=1991 |volume=253 |issue = 3|pages=533–544 |first1=B. N. G.|last1=Guthrie|first2=W. M.|last2=Napier|doi-access=free}}</ref>
#In 1992, Paal ''et al.'' and Holba ''et al.'' concluded that there was an unexplained periodicity of redshifts in a reanalysis of a large sample of galaxies.<ref>{{cite journal|bibcode=1992Ap&SS.191..107P|doi = 10.1007/BF00644200 | title=Inflation and compactification from Galaxy redshifts? | journal=Astrophysics and Space Science|date=1992|volume=191|issue=1|pages=107–124|first=G.|last=Paal|s2cid = 116951785 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |bibcode=1992Ap&SS.198..111H|doi = 10.1007/BF00644305 | title=Cosmological parameters and redshift periodicity | journal=Astrophysics and Space Science |date=1992 |volume=198 |issue=1 |pages=111–120 |first=Ágnes |last=Holba|s2cid = 118806486 }} See also reference to {{cite journal|bibcode=1990Natur.343..726B|doi = 10.1038/343726a0 | volume=343 | issue=6260|title=Large-scale distribution of galaxies at the Galactic poles|journal=Nature|date=1990|pages=726–728|first=T. J.|last=Broadhurst|s2cid = 4356867 }}</ref>
#In 1997, Guthrie and Napier concluded the same:
::"So far the redshifts of over 250 galaxies with high-precision HI profiles have been used in the study. In consistently selected sub-samples of the datasets of sufficient precision examined so far, the redshift distribution has been found to be strongly quantized in the galactocentric frame of reference. ... The formal confidence levels associated with these results are extremely high."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Napier|first=W. Μ.|author2=B. N. G. Guthrie |title=Quantized Redshifts: A Status Report|journal=J. Astrophys. Astron.|volume=18|issue=4|pages=455–463|date=1997|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/jarch/jaa/18/455-463.pdf|bibcode=1997JApA...18..455N|doi=10.1007/BF02709337|s2cid=73557034}}</ref>
==Quasar redshifts==
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===Karlsson's formula===
Historically, K. G. Karlsson and G. R. Burbidge were first to note that quasar redshifts were quantized in accordance with the empirical formula
:<math>\log_{10}(1 + z) = 0.089n - 0.0632</math>
where:
This predicts periodic redshift peaks at <math>z</math> = 0.061, 0.30, 0.60, 0.96, 1.41, and 1.9, observed originally in a sample of 600 quasars,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Burbidge| first1 = G. | year = 1978 | title=The line-locking hypothesis, absorption by intervening galaxies, and the Z = 1.95 peak in redshifts
===Modern discourse===
A 2001 study by Burbidge and Napier found the pattern of periodicity predicted by Karlsson's formula to be present at a high [[confidence level]] in three new samples of quasars, concluding that their findings are inexplicable by spectroscopic or similar selection effects.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Burbidge| first1 = G. | year = 2001| title=The Distribution of Redshifts in New Samples of Quasi-stellar Objects
In 2002, Hawkins ''et al.'' found no evidence for redshift quantization in a sample of 1647 galaxy-quasar pairs from the [[2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey]]:
:"Given that there are almost eight times as many data points in this sample as in the previous analysis by Burbidge & Napier (2001), we must conclude that the previous detection of a periodic signal arose from the combination of noise and the effects of the window function."<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Hawkins|author2=Maddox|author3=Merrifield|title=No Periodicities in 2dF Redshift Survey Data|doi=10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05940.x|date=2002|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=336|pages=L13–L16|issue=13|doi-access=free |arxiv=astro-ph/0208117|bibcode = 2002MNRAS.336L..13H |s2cid=6832490}}</ref>
In response, Napier and Burbidge (2003) argue that the methods employed by Hawkins ''et al.'' to remove noise from their samples amount to "excessive data smoothing" which could hide a true periodicity. They publish an alternate methodology for this that preserves the periodicity observed in earlier studies.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Napier|first1=W. M.|last2=Burbidge|first2=G. R.|title=The detection of periodicity in QSO data sets|date=2003|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=342|pages=601–604|issue= 2|doi=10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06567.x |bibcode = 2003MNRAS.342..601N |doi-access=free}}</ref>
In 2005, Tang and Zhang found no evidence for redshift quantization of quasars in samples from the [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] and 2dF redshift survey.<ref name="Tang"/>
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Arp ''et al.'' (2005) examined sample areas in the 2dF and SDSS surveys in detail, noting that quasar redshifts:
:"... fit very closely the long standing Karlsson formula and strongly suggest the existence of preferred values in the distribution of quasar redshifts."<ref>{{cite journal| last1=Arp| first1=H.| last2=Fulton| first2=C.| last3=Roscoe| first3=D.| title=Periodicities of Quasar Redshifts in Large Area Surveys|date=2005
A 2006 study of 46,400 quasars in the [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] by Bell and McDiarmid discovered 6 peaks in the redshift distribution consistent with the decreasing intrinsic redshift (DIR) model.<ref name="adsabs.harvard.edu"/> However, Schneider ''et al.'' (2007) and Richards ''et al.'' (2006)
A 2006 review by Bajan ''et al.'' discovered weak effects of redshift periodization in data from the [[Local Group]] of galaxies and the [[Hercules Supercluster]]. They conclude that "galaxy redshift periodization is an effect which can really exist", but that the evidence is not well established pending study of larger databases.<ref>{{cite journal |bibcode=2007PPNL....4....5B|arxiv=astro-ph/0606294 | title=On the Investigations of Galaxy Redshift Periodicity | journal=Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters |date=2007 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=5–10 |first1=K. |last1=Bajan |first2=P. |last2=Flin |first3=W. |last3=Godlowski |first4=V. N. |last4=Pervushin |doi=10.1134/s1547477107010025|s2cid=15364493 }}</ref>
A 2007 [[absorption spectroscopy|absorption spectroscopic]] analysis of quasars by Ryabinkov ''et al.'' observed a pattern of statistically significant alternating peaks and dips in the redshift range Δ''z'' = 0.0 − 3.7, though they noted no statistical correlation between their findings and Karlsson's formula.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Ryabinkov| first1 = A. I. | last2 = Kaminker| first2 = A. D. | last3 = Varshalovich| first3 = D. A. | date=2007| title = The redshift distribution of absorption-line systems in QSO spectra| journal = Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. | volume = 376| issue = 4 | pages = 1838–18481 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11567.x | doi-access = free | bibcode=2007MNRAS.376.1838R|arxiv = astro-ph/0703277 | s2cid = 16270925 }}</ref>
==References==
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