Doppler Effect For Light
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Which way is this wave moving?
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Doppler Effect for Light
Doppler Effect
Michael Fowler -
Flashlets
Which way is this wave moving?
B
There is a change in the observed frequency (color) of light as a very fast source of light moves toward or away from an observer
Doppler Shift
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Doppler Shift. Red and blue
shifts.
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Observed in
fast moving stars
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Memory Trick
"BLUE TO",
"RED AWAY"
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St. Mary's H.S.
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Star color becomes redder |
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Star color becomes bluer
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Same Element / Different Speeds Absorption or Emission Spectra? Travelling TOWARD or AWAY? Which source is travelling fastest?
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Enrichment
Rainbows in a Soap Bubble
by SoapbubbleDK
School Blocks YouTube? Download file below.
The interference between the light waves that reflect off
the
outside and inside of the bubble cause this effect.
Read more here:
HowStuffWorks "Rainbows in Soap
Bubbles"
Review
A crystal with Double Vision
Double refraction in calcite
- Each refracted
ray has a different polarizati
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