# Absence of the relativistic transverse Doppler shift at microwave frequencies

@article{Thim2003AbsenceOT,
title={Absence of the relativistic transverse Doppler shift at microwave frequencies},
author={Hartwig W. Thim},
journal={IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.},
year={2003},
volume={52},
pages={1660-1664}
}
• H. Thim
• Published 27 October 2003
• Physics, Computer Science
• IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
An experiment is described showing that a 33-GHz microwave signal received by rotating antennas is not exhibiting the frequency shift ("transverse Doppler effect") predicted by the relativistic Doppler formula. The sensitivity of the apparatus used has been tested to be sufficient for detecting frequency shifts as small as 10/sup -3/ Hz which corresponds to the value of (v/c)/sup 2/ = 5.10/sup -14/ used in the transverse Doppler shift experiment reported here. From the observed absence of the…

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