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Relativistic Doppler (Red) Shift
•Classical Doppler Effect:
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•Also refer to Δλ/λ as the “redshift” or “z”
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•What if z is so large that v => c?
•v       (z + 1)2 - 1
•  c       (z + 1)2 + 1 
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Relativistic Doppler Shift