2000/10/29 by Eric Baird, Baird, Eric
Decision Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0010074
PDF, 6 pages, no figures
arxiv created 2000/10/29 · openalex publication_date 2000/10/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Transverse redshift effects are sometimes presented as being unique to special relativity (the "transverse Doppler effect"). We argue that if the detector is aimed at 90 degrees in the laboratory frame, most theories will predict a redshifted frequency at the detector, although these predictions can be concealed by specifying that angles should be defined in a frame /other/ than the laboratory frame. These redshifts are often stronger than special relativity's predictions. We list some of the situations in which lab-transverse redshifts would be expected.