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This paper aims to shed some more light on one of the best known phenomena in the field of physics, the Doppler effect, in particular, on its classical version. Although, as mentioned, it is a phenomenon already described more than 150…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-09-24 Óscar Alejos , José María Muñoz

Doppler effect is a fundamental phenomenon that appears in wave propagation, where a moving observer experiences dilation or contraction of wavelength of a wave. It also appears in radio frequency (RF) wireless communication when there…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Dushyantha A. Basnayaka , Tharmalingam Ratnarajah

The Doppler shift is investigated in one-dimensional system with moving source. Theoretical findings are confirmed in numerical simulations of optical and acoustical waves propagation in simple metamaterial model, showing the reversed shift…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-23 David Ziemkiewicz , Sylwia Zielińska-Raczyńska

A monochromatic linear source of light is rotated with certain angular frequency and when such light is analysed after reflection then a change of frequency or wavelength may be observed depending on the location of the observer. This…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 Amit Halder

We study Doppler effects in curved space-time, i.e. the frequency shifts induced on electromagnetic signals propagating in the gravitational field. In particular, we focus on the frequency shift due to the bending of light rays in weak…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Matteo Luca Ruggiero , Angelo Tartaglia , Lorenzo Iorio

Although electromagnetic and acoustic waves profoundly differ in their nature, comparing their Doppler effects is instructive and reveals persistent conceptual traps. The principle of the Doppler effect was presented by Christian Doppler in…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-02-23 Denis Michel

The Doppler effect has many applications in science and engineering fields. Although the format of the classical Doppler effect equation is simple, the derivation for the equation in physics textbooks is not intuitive to many students. This…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-11-04 Hangtian Lei

We review the kinematic effects on a gravitational wave due to either a peculiar motion of the astrophysical source emitting it or a local motion of the observer. Working in the context of general relativity, we show at fully non-linear…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-17 Giulia Cusin , Cyril Pitrou , Camille Bonvin , Aurélien Barrau , Killian Martineau

Doppler lensing is the apparent change in object size and magnitude due to peculiar velocities. Objects falling into an overdensity appear larger on its near side, and smaller on its far side, than typical objects at the same redshifts.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-03 David J. Bacon , Sambatra Andrianomena , Chris Clarkson , Krzysztof Bolejko , Roy Maartens

We explain simple laboratory experiments for making quantitative measurements of the Doppler effect from sources with acceleration. We analyze the spectra and clarify the conditions for the Doppler effect to be experimentally measurable,…

Physics Education · Physics 2009-11-20 Kenichiro Aoki , Takahisa Mitsui , Yuki Yamamoto

It is shown without making use of Lorentz transformation that there exists a phenomenon of relativistic zero-frequency shift in Doppler effect for a plane wave in free space, observed in two inertial frames of relative motion, and the zero…

General Physics · Physics 2012-12-14 Changbiao Wang

Here we report the observation of the inverse Doppler effects in a flute. It is experimentally verified that, when there is a relative movement between the source and the observer, the inverse Doppler effect could be detected for all seven…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-10-13 Xiao P. Zhao , Shi L. Zhai , Song Liu , Fang L. Shen , Lin L. Li , Chun R. Luo

A fundamental Doppler-like but asymmetric wave effect that shifts received signals in frequency in proportion to their respective source distances, was recently described as means for a whole new generation of communication technology using…

General Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Guruprasad

The relativistic Doppler effect comes from the fact that observers in different inertial reference frames experience space and time differently, while the speed of light remains always the same. Consequently, a wave packet of light exhibits…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-07 Daniel Hodgson , Sara Kanzi , Almut Beige

The frequency shift of spectral lines from astronomical objects is most often explained by the Doppler Effect arising in relative motion and the broadening of a particular line is supposed to depend on the absolute temperature, pressure or…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sisir Roy , Menas Kafatos , Suman Datta

Transformation equations for physical quantities that characterize plane electromagnetic wave propagation in transparent optical media are presented. The Doppler effect, and measurements performed by an observer moving with the wave are…

General Physics · Physics 2008-12-04 B. Rothenstein , A. De Sabata

A critical review of frequency-shift phenomena a la Doppler effect is presented. The importance of Fermi's theory of 1932 is pointed out, and it is argued that there exists a gap in our understanding of this phenomena at a fundamental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S C Tiwari

We theoretically investigate the optical rotational Doppler Effect using modal expansion method. We find that the frequency shift content is only determined by the surface of spinning object and the reduced Doppler shift is linear to the…

Optics · Physics 2015-07-16 Hailong Zhou , Jianji Dong , Pei Zhang , Xinliang Zhang

The distance contraction, as observed in electrical soundings over horizontally stratified earth (static system), is identified as a counterpart of Doppler shift in dynamical systems. Identification of Doppler-like effect in a stock-still…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Edward Szaraniec

Doppler effect and Hubble effect in different models of space-time in the case of auto-parallel motion of the observer are considered. The Doppler effect and shift frequency parameter are specialized for the case of auto-parallel motion of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Sawa Manoff
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