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| title = Relativistic Doppler Effect and the Principle of Relativity
| title = Relativistic Doppler Effect and the Principle of Relativity
| url = [https://web.archive.org/web/20041001032432/http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/V10NO4PDF/V10N4ENG.pdf Link to paper (Internet Archive)]
| author = [[Wolfgang Engelhardt]]
| author = [[Wolfgang Engelhardt]]
| keywords = principle of relativity, Doppler effect, electromagnetic waves, relativity principle
| published = 2003
| published = 2003
| journal = [[Apeiron]]
| journal = [[Apeiron]]
| volume = [[10]]
| volume = 10
| number = [[4]]
| number = 4
| pages = 29-49
| pages = 29-49
}}
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'''Read the full paper''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20041001032432/http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/V10NO4PDF/V10N4ENG.pdf here] ''(archived copy — the original link is no longer available)''


==Abstract==
==Abstract==


The frequency shifts predicted by the 'relativistic' Doppler effect are derived in the photon picture of light. It turns out that, in general, the results do not depend exclusively on the relative velocity between observer and light source. In this respect, the relativistic Doppler effect is not distinct from the classical one, where the shifts are also different depending on whether the source or the observer moves. The 'relativistic' formulae for these two cases have been confirmed by experiment and are described in many textbooks. It was, however, not recognized that they are at variance with Einstein's relativity principle extended to electromagnetic waves.[[Category:Scientific Paper]]
The frequency shifts predicted by the 'relativistic' Doppler effect are derived in the photon picture of light. It turns out that, in general, the results do not depend exclusively on the relative velocity between observer and light source. In this respect, the relativistic Doppler effect is not distinct from the classical one, where the shifts are also different depending on whether the source or the observer moves. The 'relativistic' formulae for these two cases have been confirmed by experiment and are described in many textbooks. It was, however, not recognized that they are at variance with Einstein's relativity principle extended to electromagnetic waves.
 
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Scientific Paper
TitleRelativistic Doppler Effect and the Principle of Relativity
Read in fullLink to paper (Internet Archive)
Author(s)Wolfgang Engelhardt
Keywordsprinciple of relativity, Doppler effect, electromagnetic waves, relativity principle
Published2003
JournalApeiron
Volume10
Number4
Pages29-49

Read the full paper here (archived copy — the original link is no longer available)

Abstract

The frequency shifts predicted by the 'relativistic' Doppler effect are derived in the photon picture of light. It turns out that, in general, the results do not depend exclusively on the relative velocity between observer and light source. In this respect, the relativistic Doppler effect is not distinct from the classical one, where the shifts are also different depending on whether the source or the observer moves. The 'relativistic' formulae for these two cases have been confirmed by experiment and are described in many textbooks. It was, however, not recognized that they are at variance with Einstein's relativity principle extended to electromagnetic waves.