Close separation triple system QSO 1009-0252 with discordant redshifts: Is the spectrum of one component blueshifted?

Details Close separation triple system QSO 1009-0252 with discordant redshifts: Is the spectrum of one component blueshifted? Close separation triple system QSO 1009-0252 with discordant redshifts: Is the spectrum of one component blueshifted?

Dec 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009japa...30..133b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, Volume 30, Issue 3-4, pp. 133-143

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Quasars: Emission Lines, Absorption Lines, Individual: Q 1009-0252, Cosmology: Miscellaneous

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1009-0252 is a Quasi Stellar Object (QSO) with three components A, B, C. A, B are thought to be the result of gravitational lensing of one object, and A, C constitute a close pair with redshifts 2.74 and 1.62 respectively. Close separation pairs of QSOs with discordant redshifts have received special attention in recent years, probably because of the possibility that they may be physically associated, implying non-cosmological redshifts. Attempts have been made to explain their occurrences due to the effect of gravitational lensing. However, gravitational lensing has not offered a completely satisfactory explanation for this triplet. Furthermore, examination revealed some inadequacies and inconsistencies in the redshift identification of the observed lines in the component A. Observational results of 1009-0252 therefore remain puzzling. We propose an alternative explanation by suggesting that A, B actually constitute a close pair and C is an unrelated object in the field. We show that the observed spectrum of A can be interpreted as blueshifted. This implies that A, B are two separate objects, one (A) approaching us and the other (B) receding from us, and are not the result of gravitational lensing of a single object. The oppositely directed pair A, B may have been ejected due to the merger of two galaxies.

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