Calculating the redshifts of distant galaxies from first principles by the new tired light theory (NTL)

Abstract

Contrary to popular belief it now appears that the intergalactic medium is filled electrons oscillating about fixed positions in a BCC Wigner crystal lattice. In NTL the photons of light are absorbed and re-emitted by these electrons which recoil leading to a photon energy loss and an increase in wavelength ie redshift. Since the electrons are spatially coherent, the photons will continue in a straight line and images will not ‘blur.’ FRB 121102 is a repeating FRB of known DM along with the distance and redshift of the host galaxy and enables us to test the NTL theory. The DM and distance give a mean electron number density of the IGM as n ≈ 0.498 m–3 and we use this along with the distance to predict a value for the redshift of the host galaxy from first principles of z = 0.143 and a Hubble constant of H0 = 64 km/s per Mpc This compares well with the measured value of 0.19273 and the optically measured H0 = 72 ± 8 km/s per Mpc In NTL, the energy transferred to the recoiling electron is re-emitted as a secondary photons which form the CMBR and it is shown that a UV photon of wavelength λ = 5×10−8m gives out a secondary photon of wavelength 2.06×10–3m which is not only in the microwave region but is the wavelength at which the CMBR peaks. A review of the evidence once said to support expansion is carried out and it is seen that this evidence now either supports a static universe or is not as robust as once thought. Indeed, many of the SNe Ia’s used to show ‘time dilation’ have since failed ‘usability’ test and are no longer listed in the SNe Ia catalogue.