Evidence that an Intrinsic Redshift Component that is a Harmonic of z = 0.062 May be Present in Every Quasar Redshift

Abstract

After estimating and removing all ejection-related Doppler components from the redshifts of the QSOs near NGC 1068, the remaining redshift is assumed to be intrinsic. This well-studied case is the first example in which it has finally been possible to separate the intrinsic redshift component from the cosmological and other Doppler components. It is shown that this leads to intrinsic redshift components that occur at exact multiples of z = 0.062 and are defined by the relation zi = 0.062[10N - M] where N and M can have only certain discrete values. It is also shown that the intrinsic redshifts given by this relation and others obtained for different N and M-values, agree closely with the redshifts found to be preferred in analyses of quasar emission-line redshifts. It is now apparent that the peaks in the distribution of quasar emission line redshifts also occur at pure harmonics of z = 0.062. Although these peaks have previously been fitted by a log(1+z) relation, the above explanation now seems more appropriate. These results indicate that the Delta(z) = 0.062 redshift interval, long known to be present in QSO emission-line redshifts below z = 0.6, is also present in an intrinsic component of QSO redshifts up to z ~ 2. This appears to imply that the Delta(z) = 0.062 redshift interval represents a fundamental redshift spacing that arises from the very nature of the intrinsic redshifts.