Are some high redshift galaxies actually blueshifting?

Authors
Citation
D. Basu, Are some high redshift galaxies actually blueshifting?, ASTRO SP SC, 259(4), 1998, pp. 415-420
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
0004640X → ACNP
Volume
259
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
415 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1998)259:4<415:ASHRGA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
An appreciable number of galaxies have been discovered in recent years whic h are assigned high redshifts. High redshift galaxies (HRGs) are used as co smological tools for probing early universe and knowledge of star formation . However, literature search revealed some inconsistencies in identificatio n of emission lines used for redshift determination in some of the HRGs. We reexamined the spectra of 15 HRGs, as examples, that are available in the published literature and show that the high values of redshift may have bee n assigned to these objects due to the misidentification of the observed li nes. We demonstrate that the observed emission lines can be identified with alternative search lines at higher wavelengths which are blueshifted inste ad of the lines used for redshift measurements. Observed blueshifts can be interpreted in a model of multiple expanding universes.