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Doppler extrema for a circularly moving source
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2026-10-20
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A
source of fixed proper
frequency
and
speed
v
on
a
circle
has instantaneous
frequency
extrema
ν
0
(
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
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