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	The second anomaly is the Type Ia data. Perlmutter's 1998 supernovae at ''z'' ≈ 0.83–1.2 were about 20% fainter than predicted, 0.2 magnitudes corresponding to an intensity reduction of 1.2 and hence a distance greater than the redshift implied by √1.2 ≈ 1.1. The interstellar-dust explanation failed; the surviving interpretation required accelerating expansion and thus a [[cosmological constant]]. The paper presses the fine-tuning objection through Barrow and Magueijo ("''There is no theoretical motivation for a value of Λ of currently observable magnitude''") and Greene's statement that vacuum-fluctuation calculations give a value "''some 120 orders of magnitude larger than experiment allows''". Riess's 2001 supernova at ''z'' = 1.7, and ten more announced in October 2003, were ''brighter'' than expected — and dust can dim but never brighten. For Setterfield and Dzimano, the natural reading is not a Λ that switches sign of influence near ''z'' = 1.5 but the failure of the Doppler formula itself as an exact description.		The second anomaly is the Type Ia data. Perlmutter's 1998 supernovae at ''z'' ≈ 0.83–1.2 were about 20% fainter than predicted, 0.2 magnitudes corresponding to an intensity reduction of 1.2 and hence a distance greater than the redshift implied by √1.2 ≈ 1.1. The interstellar-dust explanation failed; the surviving interpretation required accelerating expansion and thus a [[Cosmological Constant\|cosmological constant]]. The paper presses the fine-tuning objection through Barrow and Magueijo ("''There is no theoretical motivation for a value of Λ of currently observable magnitude''") and Greene's statement that vacuum-fluctuation calculations give a value "''some 120 orders of magnitude larger than experiment allows''". Riess's 2001 supernova at ''z'' = 1.7, and ten more announced in October 2003, were ''brighter'' than expected — and dust can dim but never brighten. For Setterfield and Dzimano, the natural reading is not a Λ that switches sign of influence near ''z'' = 1.5 but the failure of the Doppler formula itself as an exact description.

	===A static cosmos===		===A static cosmos===

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	==Abstract==		==Abstract==

	The history of the redshift is traced and a variety of problems listed in addition to two major anomalies. One of these anomalies is the quantized redshift, which was first noted by Tifft in 1976 and has been confirmed a number of times, most recently by Bell in 2003. The second anomaly is the breakdown in the redshift/distance relationship, evidenced by the observations of distant Type Ia supernovae, that has revived interest in the existence of the cosmological constant. These problems and anomalies admit a resolution if the energy density of the electromagnetic fields making up the vacuum Zero Point Energy (ZPE) is increasing with time. This approach predicts that light emitted from distant galaxies should have a basic redshift quantization of 2.671 km/s, which is in good agreement with Tifft?s basic quantum of 2.667 km/s. In addition, the standard redshift/distance relationship is shown to derive from known physical processes that produced the ZPE rather than the expansion of space-time or the motion of galaxies. The equations governing these processes readily allow an alternate explanation for the deviation from the standard formula at high redshifts without recourse to the action of a cosmological constant or so-called ?dark energy?.[[Category:Scientific Paper]]		The history of the redshift is traced and a variety of problems listed in addition to two major anomalies. One of these anomalies is the quantized redshift, which was first noted by Tifft in 1976 and has been confirmed a number of times, most recently by Bell in 2003. The second anomaly is the breakdown in the redshift/distance relationship, evidenced by the observations of distant Type Ia supernovae, that has revived interest in the existence of the cosmological constant. These problems and anomalies admit a resolution if the energy density of the electromagnetic fields making up the vacuum Zero Point Energy (ZPE) is increasing with time. This approach predicts that light emitted from distant galaxies should have a basic redshift quantization of 2.671 km/s, which is in good agreement with Tifft?s basic quantum of 2.667 km/s. In addition, the standard redshift/distance relationship is shown to derive from known physical processes that produced the ZPE rather than the expansion of space-time or the motion of galaxies. The equations governing these processes readily allow an alternate explanation for the deviation from the standard formula at high redshifts without recourse to the action of a cosmological constant or so-called ?dark energy?.

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{{Infobox paper
| title = The Redshift and the Zero Point Energy
| url = [http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_1043.pdf Link to paper]
| author = [[Barry John Setterfield]]
| keywords = [[Redshift]], [[Redshift quantization]], [[Zero Point Energy]]
| published = 2003
| journal = [[Journal of Theoretics]]
| num_pages = 23
}}

'''Read the full paper''' [http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_1043.pdf here]

==Abstract==

The history of the redshift is traced and a variety of problems listed in addition to two major anomalies. One of these anomalies is the quantized redshift, which was first noted by Tifft in 1976 and has been confirmed a number of times, most recently by Bell in 2003. The second anomaly is the breakdown in the redshift/distance relationship, evidenced by the observations of distant Type Ia supernovae, that has revived interest in the existence of the cosmological constant. These problems and anomalies admit a resolution if the energy density of the electromagnetic fields making up the vacuum Zero Point Energy (ZPE) is increasing with time. This approach predicts that light emitted from distant galaxies should have a basic redshift quantization of 2.671 km/s, which is in good agreement with Tifft?s basic quantum of 2.667 km/s. In addition, the standard redshift/distance relationship is shown to derive from known physical processes that produced the ZPE rather than the expansion of space-time or the motion of galaxies. The equations governing these processes readily allow an alternate explanation for the deviation from the standard formula at high redshifts without recourse to the action of a cosmological constant or so-called ?dark energy?.[[Category:Scientific Paper]]

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