Quantized Redshifts of Galaxies: Stimulated Raman Scattering in Cold Intergalactic Rydberg Matter

Author: Holmlid, Leif

Source: Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 291, Number 2, May 2004 , pp. 99-111(13)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

That the redshifts for galaxies in the local supercluster are quantizedwas recently confirmedby Guthrie and Napier(A&A310 (1996) 353). These redshifts are here proposed to be due to stimulatedStokes Raman processes in intergalactic matter in the form of Rydberg Matter (RM). Rydberg Matteris an electronically excited material, as demonstrated by its use as laser medium in a thermally excitedultra-broadband tunable IR laser (Chem. Phys. Lett. 376 (2003) 812). Its existence in interstellar andintergalactic space is demonstrated by several observational results, notably the unidentified IR bands,that agree well with the emission from Rydberg Matter. A stimulated Raman process will allow theH I 21 cm radiation to proceed without deflection, in agreement with observation. Such redshiftswill be additive during the passage through space. The process in Rydberg Matter here proposed togive rise to the Stokes Raman process is excitation of electronic translational modes in the planarclusters forming the matter. The specific cluster sizes found in laboratory experiments give rise toa few differently sized redshift quanta, which is in good agreement with the observed quanta. Anexcitation level (principal quantum number) of Rydberg Matter in intergalactic space between 175and 200 gives the correct size of the redshift quanta.

Keywords: Galaxies; distances and redshifts; intergalactic medium

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:ASTR.0000032382.09529.90

Affiliations: 1: Sweden. , Email: holmlid@phe.gu.se

Publication date: 2004-05-01