Redshift Research:
According to the classical viewpoint of cosmology,
the redshift should be in no way correlated with the magnitude or morphology
of a galaxy. However, research done by Tifft has indeed shown such
a connection. A redshift-magnitude plot of local galaxies contained
within the constellation Coma has shown a banding structure. Power
spectra analysis has shown this structure to be non-trivial. Further
analysis, and higher quality redshifts eventually showed the redshift to
be a quantized, and possibly intrinsic, property. Through the contribution
of Ari Lehto, a physicist from Finland, the Lehto-Tifft equation was obtained
and was able to calculate these quantized redshifts. Interpretation
of this equation and its application to cosmology and particle physics,
has led to a divergent three dimensional time model, giving us a six dimensional
universe.
My job this summer was to analyze data from the Hubble Deep field to
see if there might be a correlation between the redshift and spectral type
of a galaxy. I found that redshifts tended to peak at values similar
to those found for quasars, as previously established by Tifft. I
also found results that agreed with Tifft's cosmological model, namely
that galaxies should be smaller in the past, something that is hard to
explain within conventional cosmology. Although I did not find a
connection between spectral type and redshift, my findings did reinforce
previous research results.
Acknowledgments:
The project would not have been possible without
the previous research and insight of Professor Tifft. I am indebted
to him for many hours of instruction and stimulating discussion.
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