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The Doppler effect or Doppler shift (or simply Doppler, when in context) is the change in
frequency
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of a
wave
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in relation to an
observer
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who is moving relative to the wave source.
It is named after the
Austria
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n physicist
Christian Doppler
Christian Andreas Doppler ( (); 29 November 1803 – 17 March 1853) was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. He is celebrated for his principle – known as the Doppler effect – that the observed frequency of a wave depends on the relative ...
, who described the phenomenon in 1842.
A common example of Doppler shift is the change of
pitch heard when a
vehicle
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sounding a horn approaches and recedes from an observer. Compared to the emitted frequency, the received frequency is higher during the approach, identical at the instant of passing by, and lower during the recession.
The reason for the Doppler effect is that when the source of the waves is moving towards the observer, each successive wave
crest
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is emitted from a position closer to the observer than the crest of the previous wave.
Therefore, each wave takes slightly less time to reach the observer than the previous wave. Hence, the time between the arrivals of successive wave crests at the observer is reduced, causing an increase in the frequency. While they are traveling, the distance between successive wave fronts is reduced, so the waves "bunch together". Conversely, if the source of waves is moving away from the observer, each wave is emitted from a position farther from the observer than the previous wave, so the arrival time between successive waves is increased, reducing the frequency. The distance between successive wave fronts is then increased, so the waves "spread out".
For waves that propagate in a medium, such as
sound
In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid.
In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...
waves, the velocity of the observer and of the source are relative to the medium in which the waves are transmitted.
The total Doppler effect may therefore result from motion of the source, motion of the observer, or motion of the medium. Each of these effects is analyzed separately. For waves which do not require a medium, such as
electromagnetic waves
In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of waves of the electromagnetic (EM) field, which propagate through space and carry momentum and electromagnetic radiant energy. It includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, (visible) lig ...
or
gravitational waves
Gravitational waves are waves of the intensity of gravity generated by the accelerated masses of an orbital binary system that Wave propagation, propagate as waves outward from their source at the speed of light. They were first proposed by Oliv ...
, only the relative difference in velocity between the observer and the source needs to be considered. When this relative velocity is not negligible compared to the
speed of light
The speed of light in vacuum, commonly denoted , is a universal physical constant that is important in many areas of physics. The speed of light is exactly equal to ). According to the special theory of relativity, is the upper limit ...
, a more complicated
relativistic Doppler effect
The relativistic Doppler effect is the change in frequency (and wavelength) of light, caused by the relative motion of the source and the observer (as in the classical Doppler effect), when taking into account effects described by the special rel ...
arises.
History
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Doppler first proposed this effect in 1842 in his treatise "''
''" (On the coloured light of the
binary stars
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and some other stars of the heavens).
[Alec Eden ''The search for Christian Doppler'', Springer-Verlag, Wien 1992. Contains a facsimile edition with an ]English
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translation. The hypothesis was tested for sound waves by
Buys Ballot in 1845.
He confirmed that the sound's
pitch was higher than the emitted frequency when the sound source approached him, and lower than the emitted frequency when the sound source receded from him.
Hippolyte Fizeau
Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau FRS FRSE MIF (; 23 September 181918 September 1896) was a French physicist, best known for measuring the speed of light in the namesake Fizeau experiment.
Biography
Fizeau was born in Paris to Louis and Beatrice Fiz ...
discovered independently the same phenomenon on
electromagnetic wave
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s in 1848 (in France, the effect is sometimes called "effet Doppler-Fizeau" but that name was not adopted by the rest of the world as Fizeau's discovery was six years after Doppler's proposal).
[Fizeau: "Acoustique et optique". ''Lecture, Société Philomathique de Paris'', 29 December 1848. According to Becker(pg. 109), this was never published, but recounted by M. Moigno(1850): "Répertoire d'optique moderne" (in French), vol 3. pp 1165–1203 and later in full by Fizeau, "Des effets du mouvement sur le ton des vibrations sonores et sur la longeur d'onde des rayons de lumière"; aris, 1870 ''Annales de Chimie et de Physique'', 19, 211–221.] In Britain,
John Scott Russell
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made an experimental study of the Doppler effect (1848).
General
In classical physics, where the speeds of source and the receiver relative to the medium are lower than the velocity of waves in the medium, the relationship between observed frequency
and emitted frequency
is given by:
where
*
is the propagation speed of waves in the medium;
*
is the speed of the receiver relative to the medium, added to
if the receiver is moving towards the source, subtracted if the receiver is moving away from the source;
*
is the speed of the source relative to the medium, added to
if the source is moving away from the receiver, subtracted if the source is moving towards the receiver.
Note this relationship predicts that the frequency will decrease if either source or receiver is moving away from the other.
Equivalently, under the assumption that the source is either directly approaching or receding from the observer:
where
*
is the wave's velocity relative to the receiver;
*
is the wave's velocity relative to the source;
*
is the wavelength.
If the source approaches the observer at an angle (but still with a constant velocity), the observed frequency that is first heard is higher than the object's emitted frequency. Thereafter, there is a
monotonic
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decrease in the observed frequency as it gets closer to the observer, through equality when it is coming from a direction perpendicular to the relative motion (and was emitted at the point of closest approach; but when the wave is received, the source and observer will no longer be at their closest), and a continued monotonic decrease as it recedes from the observer. When the observer is very close to the path of the object, the transition from high to low frequency is very abrupt. When the observer is far from the path of the object, the transition from high to low frequency is gradual.
If the speeds
and
are small compared to the speed of the wave, the relationship between observed frequency
and emitted frequency
is approximately
where
*
*
is the opposite of the velocity of the receiver relative to the source: it is positive when the source and the receiver are moving towards each other.
File:Dopplereffectstationary.gif, Stationary sound source produces sound waves at a constant frequency , and the wave-fronts propagate symmetrically away from the source at a constant speed c. The distance between wave-fronts is the wavelength. All observers will hear the same frequency, which will be equal to the actual frequency of the source where .
File:Dopplereffectsourcemovingrightatmach0.7.gif, The same sound source is radiating
In physics, radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium. This includes:
* ''electromagnetic radiation'', such as radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visib ...
sound waves at a constant frequency in the same medium. However, now the sound source is moving with a speed . Since the source is moving, the centre of each new wavefront
In physics, the wavefront of a time-varying ''wave field'' is the set (locus) of all points having the same ''phase''. The term is generally meaningful only for fields that, at each point, vary sinusoidally in time with a single temporal freque ...
is now slightly displaced to the right. As a result, the wave-fronts begin to bunch up on the right side (in front of) and spread further apart on the left side (behind) of the source. An observer in front of the source will hear a higher frequency and an observer behind the source will hear a lower frequency .
File:Dopplereffectsourcemovingrightatmach1.0.gif, Now the source is moving at the speed of sound in the medium (). The wave fronts in front of the source are now all bunched up at the same point. As a result, an observer in front of the source will detect nothing until the source arrives and an observer behind the source will hear a lower frequency .
File:Dopplereffectsourcemovingrightatmach1.4.gif, The sound source has now surpassed the speed of sound in the medium, and is traveling at 1.4 ''c''. Since the source is moving faster than the sound waves it creates, it actually leads the advancing wavefront. The sound source will pass by a stationary observer before the observer hears the sound. As a result, an observer in front of the source will detect nothing and an observer behind the source will hear a lower frequency .
Consequences
With an observer stationary relative to the medium, if a moving source is emitting waves with an actual frequency
(in this case, the wavelength is changed, the transmission velocity of the wave keeps constant; note that the ''transmission velocity'' of the wave does not depend on the ''velocity of the source''), then the observer detects waves with a frequency
given by
A similar analysis for a moving ''observer'' and a stationary source (in this case, the wavelength keeps constant, but due to the motion, the rate at which the observer receives waves and hence the ''transmission velocity'' of the wave
ith respect to the observer
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is changed) yields the observed frequency:
Assuming a stationary observer and a source moving at the speed of sound, the Doppler equation predicts a perceived momentary infinite frequency by an observer in front of a source that is traveling at the speed of sound. All the peaks are at the same place, so the wavelength is zero and the frequency is infinite. This overlay of all the waves produces a
shock wave
In physics, a shock wave (also spelled shockwave), or shock, is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the medium. Like an ordinary wave, a shock wave carries energy and can propagate through a med ...
which for sound waves is known as a
sonic boom
A sonic boom is a sound associated with shock waves created when an object travels through the air faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding similar to an explosion or a thunderclap to t ...
.
When the source moves faster than the wave speed the source outruns the wave. The equation gives
negative frequency The concept of signed frequency (negative and positive frequency) can indicate both the rate and sense of rotation; it can be as simple as a wheel rotating clockwise or counterclockwise.
The rate is expressed in units such as revolutions (a.k.a. ''c ...
values, which have no physical sense in this context (no sound at all will be heard by the observer until the source passes past them).
Lord Rayleigh
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predicted the following effect in his classic book on sound: if the observer were moving from the (stationary) source at twice the speed of sound, a musical piece ''previously'' emitted by that source would be heard in correct tempo and pitch, but as if played ''backwards''.
Applications
Acoustic Doppler current profiler
An
acoustic Doppler current profiler
An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) is a hydroacoustic current meter similar to a sonar, used to measure water current velocities over a depth range using the Doppler effect of sound waves scattered back from particles within the water col ...
(ADCP) is a
hydroacoustic current meter
A current meter is an oceanographic device for flow measurement by mechanical, tilt, acoustical or electrical means.
Different reference frames
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similar to a
sonar
Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigation, navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect o ...
, used to measure
water current
A current in a fluid is the magnitude and direction of flow within that fluid, such as a liquid or a gas.
Types of fluid currents include:
* Air current
* Boundary current
* Current (stream), a current in a river or stream
* Longshore current
* Oc ...
velocities
Velocity is the directional speed of an object in motion as an indication of its rate of change in position as observed from a particular frame of reference and as measured by a particular standard of time (e.g. northbound). Velocity is a ...
over a depth range using the Doppler effect of
sound waves
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In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...
scattered back from particles within the water column. The term ADCP is a generic term for all acoustic current profilers, although the abbreviation originates from an instrument series introduced by
RD Instruments in the 1980s. The working frequencies range of ADCPs range from 38
kHz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose expression in terms of SI base units is s−1, meaning that on ...
to several
Megahertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or Cycle per second, cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose expression in terms of SI base units is s−1, me ...
. The device used in the air for wind speed profiling using sound is known as
SODAR and works with the same underlying principles.
Robotics
Dynamic real-time path planning in robotics to aid the movement of robots in a sophisticated environment with moving obstacles often take help of Doppler effect. Such applications are specially used for competitive robotics where the environment is constantly changing, such as robosoccer.
Sirens
A
siren
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on a passing
emergency vehicle
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will start out higher than its stationary pitch, slide down as it passes, and continue lower than its stationary pitch as it recedes from the observer. Astronomer
John Dobson explained the effect thus:
In other words, if the siren approached the observer directly, the pitch would remain constant, at a higher than stationary pitch, until the vehicle hit him, and then immediately jump to a new lower pitch. Because the vehicle passes by the observer, the radial velocity does not remain constant, but instead varies as a function of the angle between his line of sight and the siren's velocity:
where
is the angle between the object's forward velocity and the line of sight from the object to the observer.
Astronomy
The
Doppler effect for electromagnetic waves such as light is of widespread use in
astronomy
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to measure the speed at which
star
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s and
galaxies
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are approaching or receding from us, resulting in so called
blueshift
In physics, a redshift is an increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the frequency and photon energy, of electromagnetic radiation (such as light). The opposite change, a decrease in wavelength and simultaneous increase in fr ...
or
redshift
In physics, a redshift is an increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the frequency and photon energy, of electromagnetic radiation (such as light). The opposite change, a decrease in wavelength and simultaneous increase in f ...
, respectively. This may be used to detect if an apparently single star is, in reality, a close
binary
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, to measure the rotational speed of stars and galaxies, or to
detect exoplanets. This effect typically happens on a very small scale; there would not be a noticeable difference in visible light to the unaided eye.
The use of the Doppler effect in astronomy depends on knowledge of precise frequencies of
discrete lines in the
spectra of stars.
Among the
nearby stars
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, the largest
radial velocities
The radial velocity or line-of-sight velocity, also known as radial speed or range rate, of a target with respect to an observer is the temporal rate of change, rate of change of the distance or Slant range, range between the two points. It is e ...
with respect to the
Sun
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are +308 km/s (
BD-15°4041, also known as LHS 52, 81.7 light-years away) and −260 km/s (
Woolley 9722
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, also known as Wolf 1106 and LHS 64, 78.2 light-years away). Positive radial velocity means the star is receding from the Sun, negative that it is approaching.
Redshift is also used to measure the
expansion of space
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, but this is not truly a Doppler effect. Rather, redshifting due to the expansion of space is known as
cosmological redshift
Hubble's law, also known as the Hubble–Lemaître law, is the observation in physical cosmology that galaxies are moving away from Earth at speeds proportional to their distance. In other words, the farther they are, the faster they are moving a ...
, which can be derived purely from the
Robertson-Walker metric under the formalism of
general relativity
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. Having said this, it also happens that there ''are'' detectable Doppler effects on cosmological scales, which, if incorrectly interpreted as cosmological in origin, lead to the observation of
redshift-space distortions
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.
Radar
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The Doppler effect is used in some types of
radar
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, to measure the velocity of detected objects. A radar beam is fired at a moving target — e.g. a motor car, as police use radar to detect speeding motorists — as it approaches or recedes from the radar source. Each successive radar wave has to travel farther to reach the car, before being reflected and re-detected near the source. As each wave has to move farther, the gap between each wave increases, increasing the wavelength. In some situations, the radar beam is fired at the moving car as it approaches, in which case each successive wave travels a lesser distance, decreasing the wavelength. In either situation, calculations from the Doppler effect accurately determine the car's velocity. Moreover, the
proximity fuze
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, developed during World War II, relies upon Doppler radar to detonate explosives at the correct time, height, distance, etc.
Because the doppler shift affects the wave incident upon the target as well as the wave reflected back to the radar, the change in frequency observed by a radar due to a target moving at
relative velocity
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Classical mechanics
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We begin with relative motion in the classi ...
is twice that from the same target emitting a wave:
Medical
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An
echocardiogram
An echocardiography, echocardiogram, cardiac echo or simply an echo, is an ultrasound of the heart.
It is a type of medical imaging of the heart, using standard ultrasound or Doppler ultrasound.
Echocardiography has become routinely used in th ...
can, within certain limits, produce an accurate assessment of the direction of blood flow and the velocity of blood and cardiac tissue at any arbitrary point using the Doppler effect. One of the limitations is that the
ultrasound
Ultrasound is sound waves with frequency, frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing range, hearing. Ultrasound is not different from "normal" (audible) sound in its physical properties, except that humans cannot hea ...
beam should be as parallel to the blood flow as possible. Velocity measurements allow assessment of cardiac valve areas and function, abnormal communications between the left and right side of the heart, leaking of blood through the valves (valvular regurgitation), and calculation of the
cardiac output
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.
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound
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using gas-filled microbubble contrast media can be used to improve velocity or other flow-related medical measurements.
Although "Doppler" has become synonymous with "velocity measurement" in medical imaging, in many cases it is not the frequency shift (Doppler shift) of the received signal that is measured, but the phase shift (''when'' the received signal arrives).
Velocity measurements of blood flow are also used in other fields of
medical ultrasonography
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, such as
obstetric ultrasonography
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and
neurology
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. Velocity measurement of blood flow in arteries and veins based on Doppler effect is an effective tool for diagnosis of vascular problems like
stenosis
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''Stricture'' ...
.
Flow measurement
Instruments such as the
laser Doppler velocimeter (LDV), and
acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) have been developed to measure
velocities
Velocity is the directional speed of an object in motion as an indication of its rate of change in position as observed from a particular frame of reference and as measured by a particular standard of time (e.g. northbound). Velocity is a ...
in a fluid flow. The LDV emits a light beam and the ADV emits an ultrasonic acoustic burst, and measure the Doppler shift in wavelengths of reflections from particles moving with the flow. The actual flow is computed as a function of the water velocity and phase. This technique allows non-intrusive flow measurements, at high precision and high frequency.
Velocity profile measurement
Developed originally for velocity measurements in medical applications (blood flow), Ultrasonic Doppler Velocimetry (UDV) can measure in real time complete velocity profile in almost any liquids containing particles in suspension such as dust, gas bubbles, emulsions. Flows can be pulsating, oscillating, laminar or turbulent, stationary or transient. This technique is fully non-invasive.
Satellites
Satellite navigation
The Doppler shift can be exploited for
satellite navigation
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such as in
Transit
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and
DORIS.
Satellite communication
Doppler also needs to be compensated in
satellite communication
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.
Fast moving satellites can have a Doppler shift of dozens of kilohertz relative to a ground station. The speed, thus magnitude of Doppler effect, changes due to earth curvature. Dynamic Doppler compensation, where the frequency of a signal is changed progressively during transmission, is used so the satellite receives a constant frequency signal. After realizing that the Doppler shift had not been considered before launch of the
Huygens probe
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of the 2005
Cassini–Huygens
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mission, the probe trajectory was altered to approach
Titan in such a way that its transmissions traveled perpendicular to its direction of motion relative to Cassini, greatly reducing the Doppler shift.
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Internet Archive version
Doppler shift of the direct path can be estimated by the following formula:
where
is the velocity of the mobile station,
is the wavelength of the carrier,
is the elevation angle of the satellite and
is the driving direction with respect to the satellite.
The additional Doppler shift due to the satellite moving can be described as:
where
is the relative speed of the satellite.
Audio
The
Leslie speaker
The Leslie speaker is a combined amplifier and loudspeaker that projects the signal from an electric or electronic instrument and modifies the sound by rotating a baffle chamber ("drum") in front of the loudspeakers. A similar effect is provided ...
, most commonly associated with and predominantly used with the famous
Hammond organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...
, takes advantage of the Doppler effect by using an electric motor to rotate an acoustic horn around a loudspeaker, sending its sound in a circle. This results at the listener's ear in rapidly fluctuating frequencies of a keyboard note.
Vibration measurement
A
laser Doppler vibrometer
A laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV) is a scientific instrument that is used to make non-contact vibration measurements of a surface. The laser beam from the LDV is directed at the surface of interest, and the vibration amplitude and frequency are extr ...
(LDV) is a non-contact instrument for measuring vibration. The laser beam from the LDV is directed at the surface of interest, and the vibration amplitude and frequency are extracted from the Doppler shift of the laser beam frequency due to the motion of the surface.
Developmental biology
During the
segmentation of
vertebrate
Vertebrates () comprise all animal taxa within the subphylum Vertebrata () ( chordates with backbones), including all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Vertebrates represent the overwhelming majority of the phylum Chordata, ...
embryo
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s, waves of
gene expression
Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product that enables it to produce end products, protein or non-coding RNA, and ultimately affect a phenotype, as the final effect. The ...
sweep across the presomitic
mesoderm
The mesoderm is the middle layer of the three germ layers that develops during gastrulation in the very early development of the embryo of most animals. The outer layer is the ectoderm, and the inner layer is the endoderm.Langman's Medical E ...
, the tissue from which the precursors of the
vertebra
The spinal column, a defining synapomorphy shared by nearly all vertebrates,Hagfish are believed to have secondarily lost their spinal column is a moderately flexible series of vertebrae (singular vertebra), each constituting a characteristic ...
e (
somite
The somites (outdated term: primitive segments) are a set of bilaterally paired blocks of paraxial mesoderm that form in the embryonic stage of somitogenesis, along the head-to-tail axis in segmented animals. In vertebrates, somites subdivide in ...
s) are formed. A new somite is formed upon arrival of a wave at the
anterior
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end of the presomitic mesoderm. In
zebrafish
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, it has been shown that the shortening of the presomitic mesoderm during segmentation leads to a Doppler-like effect as the anterior end of the tissue moves into the waves. This effect contributes to the period of segmentation.
Inverse Doppler effect
Since 1968 scientists such as
Victor Veselago
Victor Georgievich Veselago (13 June 1929, Ukraine
– 15 September 2018)negative refraction
Negative refraction is the electromagnetic phenomenon where light rays become refracted at an interface that is opposite to their more commonly observed positive refractive properties. Negative refraction can be obtained by using a metamaterial w ...
, which should lead to a Doppler shift that works in a direction opposite that of a conventional Doppler shift. The first experiment that detected this effect was conducted by Nigel Seddon and Trevor Bearpark in
Bristol
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,
United Kingdom
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in 2003.
Later, the inverse Doppler effect was observed in some inhomogeneous materials, and predicted inside a Vavilov–Cherenkov cone.
See also
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Bistatic Doppler shift
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Differential Doppler effect The Differential Doppler effect occurs when light is emitted from a rotating source.
In circumstellar environments it describes the difference in photons arriving at orbiting dust particles. Photons that originate from the limb that is rotating ...
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Doppler cooling
Doppler cooling is a mechanism that can be used to trap and slow the motion of atoms to cool a substance. The term is sometimes used synonymously with laser cooling, though laser cooling includes other techniques.
History
Doppler cooling was si ...
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Dopplergraph
A dopplergraph or dopplergram is a two-dimensional representation of the approaching and receding motions of an object or area.
The word "dopplergraph" is a combination of the words doppler and photograph. Dopplergraphs are two-dimensional record ...
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Fading
In wireless communications, fading is variation of the attenuation of a signal with various variables. These variables include time, geographical position, and radio frequency. Fading is often modeled as a random process. A fading channel is a ...
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Fizeau experiment
The Fizeau experiment was carried out by Hippolyte Fizeau in 1851 to measure the relative speeds of light in moving water. Fizeau used a special interferometer arrangement to measure the effect of movement of a medium upon the speed of light.
A ...
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Photoacoustic Doppler effect The photoacoustic Doppler effect is a type of Doppler effect that occurs when an intensity modulated light wave induces a photoacoustic wave on moving particles with a specific frequency. The observed frequency shift is a good indicator of the vel ...
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Range rate
The radial velocity or line-of-sight velocity, also known as radial speed or range rate, of a target with respect to an observer is the temporal rate of change, rate of change of the distance or Slant range, range between the two points. It is e ...
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Rayleigh fading Rayleigh fading is a statistical model for the effect of a propagation environment on a radio signal, such as that used by wireless devices.
Rayleigh fading models assume that the magnitude of a signal that has passed through such a transmission me ...
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Redshift
In physics, a redshift is an increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the frequency and photon energy, of electromagnetic radiation (such as light). The opposite change, a decrease in wavelength and simultaneous increase in f ...
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Laser Doppler imaging
Laser Doppler imaging (LDI) is an imaging method that uses a laser beam to scan live tissue. When the laser light reaches the tissue, the moving blood cells generate doppler components in the reflected ( backscattered) light. The light that comes ...
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Relativistic Doppler effect
The relativistic Doppler effect is the change in frequency (and wavelength) of light, caused by the relative motion of the source and the observer (as in the classical Doppler effect), when taking into account effects described by the special rel ...
Primary sources
References
Further reading
* Doppler, C. (1842). ''
Über das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne und einiger anderer Gestirne des Himmels (About the coloured light of the binary stars and some other stars of the heavens)''. Publisher: Abhandlungen der Königl. Böhm. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (V. Folge, Bd. 2, S. 465–482)
roceedings of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences (Part V, Vol 2) Prague: 1842 (Reissued 1903). Some sources mention 1843 as year of publication because in that year the article was published in the Proceedings of the Bohemian Society of Sciences. Doppler himself referred to the publication as "Prag 1842 bei Borrosch und André", because in 1842 he had a preliminary edition printed that he distributed independently.
* "Doppler and the Doppler effect", E. N. da C. Andrade, ''Endeavour'' Vol. XVIII No. 69, January 1959 (published by ICI London). Historical account of Doppler's original paper and subsequent developments.
* David Nolte (2020). ''The fall and rise of the Doppler effect.'' Physics Today, v. 73, pgs. 31 - 35
DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.4429*
External links
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