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Doppler Shift in Sound and Light

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The Doppler effect describes how the frequency of a wave changes when the source and the observer move relative to each other. It was named after the Austrian physicist and mathematician Christian Johann Doppler in 1842. He studied both moving sources and moving observers.

A simple example is an ...

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多普勒效应由奥地利物理学家克里斯蒂安·约翰·多普勒(Christian Johann Doppler)于1842年首次提出。

假设一辆汽车以恒定速度、频率和波长向各个方向发射声波。来自该声源的波前形状由一系列同心且等间距的圆来描述。

静止波源周围的任何位置上的观察者,都会接收到与波源发射频率相同的波前。

现在,考虑一辆消防车经过一名静止的观察者。在此情况下,该人会听到声波的高音和低音。

当声波的波源与观察者之间存在相对运动时,所观测到的声波频率的变化被称为多普勒效应。

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