2006/06/17 by J. X. Zheng-Johansson, Zheng-Johansson, J. X.
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques #physics.atom-ph #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0606154
8 pages, 2 figures
openalex publication_date 2006/06/17 · arxiv created 2008/03/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A renewed analysis of the H.E. Ives and G.R. Stilwell's experiment on moving hydrogen canal rays (J. Opt. Soc. Am., 1938, v.28, 215) concludes that the spectral emission of a moving atom exhibits always a redshift which informs not the direction of the atom's motion. The conclusion is also evident from a simple energy relation: atomic spectral radiation is emitted as an orbiting electron consumes a portion of its internal energy on transiting to a lower-energy state which however has in a moving atom an additional energy gain; this results in a redshift in the emission frequency. Based on auxiliary experimental information and a scheme for de Broglie particle formation, we give a vigorous elucidation of the mechanism for deceleration radiation of atomic electron; the corresponding prediction of the redshift is in complete agreement with the Ives and Stilwell's experimental formula.