Quasar Redshifts: The Intrinsic Component

TL;DR

This paper investigates the possibility that quasars' large redshifts include an intrinsic component caused by plasma properties, challenging the assumption that all redshift is cosmological.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of an intrinsic redshift component in quasars based on plasma characteristics, offering an alternative explanation to purely cosmological redshift.

Findings

Proposes plasma-based intrinsic redshift as a supplementary factor.

Challenges the conventional cosmological interpretation of quasar redshifts.

Suggests plasma conditions could influence observed redshift values.

Abstract

The large observed redshift of quasars has suggested large cosmological distances and a corresponding enormous energy output to explain the brightness or luminosity as seen at earth. Alternative or complementary sources of redshift have not been identified by the astronomical community. This study examines one possible source of additional redshift: an intrinsic component based on the plasma characteristics of high temperature and high electron density which are believed to be present.