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Concerning Santos' experiment to test special relativity

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We show that the general light Doppler effect formula leads to an absolute null result in Santos' experiment. We point out that this experiment cannot be practically performed with the proposed Mössbauer effect technique. We emphasize that the relation between the emitted and received frequencies in the light Doppler effect is substantially different than the relation between the wavelengths.

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  1. Laboratory for Fundamental Physical Problems, ul. Elin Pelin 22, 1421, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Stefan Marinov

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Marinov, S. Concerning Santos' experiment to test special relativity. Found Phys 7, 947–951 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00708516

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