Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-physics-1-paper-of-the-university-of-oxford/2017/9/b/i/solution

Let move at along relative to . The Lorentz transformation of energy and momentum, from primed to unprimed components, is
The inverse equations have replaced by and the primes interchanged. A photon making angle with in has . Thus its general Doppler factor is
The requested blueshifted expression assumes propagation parallel to the boost, :
The propagation-direction assumption matters: for an oppositely travelling photon, , the reciprocal of the displayed factor. Relative frame speed alone does not select the longitudinal relativistic Doppler effect.

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