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A crystal with Double Vision

 

Double refraction in calcite - Each refracted ray has a different polarization

 

 

 

Doppler Effect for Light

 

Doppler Effect
Michael Fowler -  Flashlets

 

 

 

Which way is this wave moving?

 

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

Doppler Effect
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Penn State

 

Fill in the Blank Notes

 

 

There is a change in the observed frequency (color) of light as a very fast source of light moves toward or away from an observer

 

 

 

Doppler diagram




Doppler Shift

Doppler Shift. Red and blue shifts.
Light from moving objects will appear to have different ...
Ned Wright's home page. © 1996-2002 Edward L. Wright

 

 

Observed in
fast moving stars

 

 

 

Memory Trick

 

"BLUE TO",

 

"RED AWAY"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doppler Effect

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St. Mary's H.S.

 

 

 

Star color becomes redder

Star color becomes bluer

 

 

 

Same Element / Different Speeds

Absorption or Emission Spectra?

Travelling TOWARD or AWAY?

Which source is travelling fastest?

redshift diagram


Created by Louis Keiner

 

 

 

 

Enrichment

Rainbows in a Soap Bubble

by SoapbubbleDK

School Blocks YouTube? Download file below.

Bubble_Domes.mp4

 

The interference between the light waves that reflect off the outside and inside of the bubble cause this effect.

Read more here:
HowStuffWorks "Rainbows in Soap Bubbles"

 

 

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