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Doppler extrema for a circularly moving source

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A source of fixed proper frequency and speed v on a circle has instantaneous frequency extrema ν0​(1±β)/(1∓β)​ for a stationary coplanar receiver outside the circle. The extrema occur when the emission ray is tangent to the source circle, so line-of-sight speed reaches ±v.

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  • Past exam of the relativity course of the University of Cambridge / 2016 / Paper 1 / 1 / c / Solution

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