Hi everybody! I'm new here, but I was curious what many of you thought regarding the so-called "quantized redshifts" that Tifft discovered and Arp popularized. Any theories on:
Does it really exist?
If it does, what you think might be causing it?
If it doesn't, why do Tifft and Arp think it does?
I haven't read Lyndon's book yet, but I'll soon have it on order. I have read some of Bye Bye Big Bang by William Mitchell (not finished yet)... does he support "tired light" theory too?
But does it exist? half and half! In anybody's science, if there is enough evidence there and it is conclusive then everyone will agree that it is quantised - but argue as to why it is. Since people are arguing over the existence of redshift quantisation itself means that the evidence is not conclusive.
They show the results and just by inspection it looks like a continuous spread but with quantised 'spikes'. For me the continuous spread is due to plasma which is everywhere with the spikes caused by plasma in Hydrogen clouds and so the light passes thro' one cloud, two clouds three clouds etc - hence the quantisation.
Bill's book - yes I read it a long time ago. What I liked was were he calculated how many rotations distant galaxies had made since the beginning of the Big Bang. Some of them was about one and a half and yet they had formed and produced spirals! He has a different theory - you can remind us of it when you have finished the book!
