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  2. Doppler effect - Wikipedia

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    The Doppler effect (also Doppler shift) is the change in the frequency of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the source of the wave. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Doppler effect is named after the physicist Christian Doppler , who described the phenomenon in 1842.

  3. Relativistic Doppler effect - Wikipedia

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    The relativistic Doppler effect is the change in frequency, wavelength and amplitude [1] of light, caused by the relative motion of the source and the observer (as in the classical Doppler effect, first proposed by Christian Doppler in 1842 [2]), when taking into account effects described by the special theory of relativity.

  4. Relativistic beaming - Wikipedia

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    Only a single jet is visible in M87. Two jets are visible in 3C 31.. In physics, relativistic beaming (also known as Doppler beaming, Doppler boosting, or the headlight effect) is the process by which relativistic effects modify the apparent luminosity of emitting matter that is moving at speeds close to the speed of light.

  5. Relativistic aberration - Wikipedia

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    In physics, relativistic aberration is the relativistic version of aberration of light, including relativistic corrections that become significant for observers who move with velocities close to the speed of light, as described by special relativity.

  6. Tests of special relativity - Wikipedia

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    The transverse Doppler effect and consequently time dilation was directly observed for the first time in the Ives–Stilwell experiment (1938). In modern Ives-Stilwell experiments in heavy ion storage rings using saturated spectroscopy , the maximum measured deviation of time dilation from the relativistic prediction has been limited to ≤ 10 ...

  7. Aberration (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    In astronomy, aberration (also referred to as astronomical aberration, stellar aberration, or velocity aberration) is a phenomenon where celestial objects exhibit an apparent motion about their true positions based on the velocity of the observer: It causes objects to appear to be displaced towards the observer's direction of motion.

  8. List of effects - Wikipedia

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    Relativistic Doppler effect (Doppler effects) (special relativity) Renner–Teller effect (molecular physics) Reverse Cerenkov effect (physics) Reverse short-channel effect (transistors) Ringelmann effect (social psychology) Ripple effect (education) (sociology) Robin Hood effect (income distribution) (Robin Hood) (socioeconomics) (taxation)

  9. Rømer's determination of the speed of light - Wikipedia

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    The original effect discovered by Christian Doppler 166 years later [21] refers to propagating electromagnetic waves. The generalization referred to here is the change in observed frequency of an oscillator (in this case, Io orbiting around Jupiter) when the observer (in this case, on Earth's surface) is moving: the frequency is higher when the ...