Quantized Redshifts and the Zero Point Energy

Section I of this paper traces the history of redshift research and its associated problems, including the quantized measurements. The breakdown in the redshift/distance relationship at high redshifts and the problem of “missing mass” or “dark matter” is discussed. Narliker and Arp’s model of a static, slightly oscillating, cosmos is also noted. Section II examines a possible resolution of these problems if the energy density of the electromagnetic fields making up the vacuum Zero Point Energy (ZPE) is increasing with time. The origin of the ZPE and the reason for its increase with time is elucidated, and data trends in atomic quantities are presented to support this. Section III examines the link between the ZPE and the redshift via atomic orbit energies. It is shown that the redshift can occur because atomic orbit angular momenta increase with increasing ZPE. This gives rise to a redshift in emitted light as we look back in time. The possible redshift quantization results from the known quantization of atomic orbit angular momenta. Section IV shows that the redshift/distance formula is an approximation that derives from the action of known physical processes that produced the ZPE rather than originating with space-time expansion or the motion of galaxies. This derivation readily allows an alternate explanation for the deviation from the standard redshift formula at high redshifts without recourse to the action of a cosmological constant, accelerating expansion, or so-called “dark energy”.