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Old March 13th 17, 08:18 PM posted to sci.astro
Pentcho Valev
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Default How the Scientific Community Reacts to Inconstancy of the Speedof Light

Any correct interpretation of the Doppler effect confirms variable, not constant, speed of light. This is to be expected because the variation of the speed of light is in fact the cause of the Doppler effect. When the initially stationary observer starts moving towards the light source with speed v, the speed of the light relative to him becomes c'=c+v (in violation of Einstein's relativity) and accordingly the frequency he measures shifts from f=c/λ to f'=c'/λ=(c+v)/λ:

http://physics.bu.edu/~redner/211-sp...9_doppler.html
"Let's say you, the observer, now move toward the source with velocity vO. You encounter more waves per unit time than you did before. Relative to you, the waves travel at a higher speed: v'=v+vO. The frequency of the waves you detect is higher, and is given by: f'=v'/λ=(v+vO)/λ."

http://a-levelphysicstutor.com/wav-doppler.php
"vO is the velocity of an observer moving towards the source. This velocity is independent of the motion of the source. Hence, the velocity of waves relative to the observer is c + vO. [...] The motion of an observer does not alter the wavelength. The increase in frequency is a result of the observer encountering more wavelengths in a given time."

http://www.hep.man.ac.uk/u/roger/PHY.../lecture18.pdf
"Moving Observer. Now suppose the source is fixed but the observer is moving towards the source, with speed v. In time t, ct/λ waves pass a fixed point. A moving point adds another vt/λ. So f'=(c+v)/λ."

Why is the scientific community unable to realize that measurements of the Doppler effect prove variable speed of light? Ignatius of Loyola is to blame. For instance, the scientific community reads the quoted phrase

"the velocity of waves relative to the observer is c + vO"

but does not see the "vO" - what remains visible is

"the velocity of waves relative to the observer is c".

Similarly, Fermilab physicist Dr. Ricardo Eusebi demonstrates how both the speed of light (relative to the observer) and the frequency vary with the speed of the observer but then explains that only the frequency varies (the speed of the light doesn't):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=EVzUyE2oD1w
"Light frequency is relative to the observer. The velocity is not though. The velocity is the same in all the reference frames."

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