Redshifting Help - Understand the Doppler Effect of Light Waves

[Evolver]

Of course. But you seemed to be saying earlier that the classical (non-relativistic) Doppler shift can be derived from energy/momentum considerations, which is not supported by the Moriconi paper. Anyway, if you're done with this topic then I'm fine letting it be.

Phew! That was quite the debate there. After all that, my head is spinning, do you think you could do me a favor and have another pass at it's description please? I sort of became tangled up in the discussion and lost the straight and forward description.

Thanks!

 

[sylas]

Phew! That was quite the debate there. After all that, my head is spinning, do you think you could do me a favor and have another pass at it's description please? I sort of became tangled up in the discussion and lost the straight and forward description.

Thanks!

I recommend you simply do not worry about all the back and forth there. It is all a bit beyond your original question. It is also a nutgeb exchange, and without meaning to give offense, I would suggest that a beginner is best to ignore that. Nutgeb's proposed answers are often a little bit ... unusual, and frequently unclear, and (IMO) often seem to include misconceptions or at least can lead you off in the directions where misconceptions lie. Definitely not recommended for a beginner. Some folks might take up the an exchange to try and sort out the problems and issues, but what you want is a simple answer to the original post.

At the risk of tooting my own horn, the response [post=2333168]msg #3[/post] is more what you are after; and you shouldn't really worry about the rest of the thread where Jesse and nutgeb try to figure out what precisely they are talking about.

I don't think message #3 is the best possible answer to your original post; if you get an answer from someone like George Jones, then you should ignore my posts also, and just focus on his answer.

Cheers -- sylas