srvdopp.pro
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;+
; NAME:
; SRVDOPP
;
; AUTHOR:
; Craig B. Markwardt, NASA/GSFC Code 662, Greenbelt, MD 20770
; craigm@lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov
; UPDATED VERSIONs can be found on my WEB PAGE:
; http://cow.physics.wisc.edu/~craigm/idl/idl.html
;
; PURPOSE:
; Compute relativistic doppler shift (arbitrary velocity & photon dir.)
;
; MAJOR TOPICS:
; Physics, Geometry
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
; NU1_NU0 = SRVDOPP(U0, V)
;
; DESCRIPTION:
;
; The function SRVDOPP computes the relativistic doppler shift
; between two inertial reference frames.
;
; Consider two inertial coordinate frames. Frame "0" is a "lab" or
; rest frame. Frame "1" is a "rocket" or moving frame, moving at
; velocity V with respect to the lab frame. The velocity V is
; allowed to be an arbitrary 3-vector.
;
; * An observer in the lab frame sees a photon of frequency NU0
; propagating in the direction U0. (U0 is a unit 3-vector)
;
; * An observer in the rocket frame observes the same photon with
; frequency NU1.
;
; * This function computes the ratio NU1 / NU0.
;
; U0 and V are allowed to be 3xN arrays, which means more than one
; set of values can be computed in a single call. If the dimensions
; of either U0 or V are 3x1, then it will be expanded to match the
; dimensions of the other vector.
;
; NOTE: Velocities passed to SRVDOPP are measured as a *fraction of
; the speed of light*.
;
; The formula for computing the relativistic doppler shift is:
;
; NU1_NU0 = (1 - U0 . V) * GAMMA
;
; where
; GAMMA is the Lorentz factor = 1/SQRT(1 - |V|^2)
; "." is the vector dot product
;
; [ IDL notation is not strictly adhered to in this formula, for
; clarity of presentation. ]
;
;
; INPUTS:
;
; U0 - 3-vector or 3xN array, the unit vector of the photon
; propagation direction, as seen in the lab frame.
;
; V - 3-vector or 3xN array, the velocity of the rocket frame as
; seen by an observer in the lab. The velocity is normalized
; such that the speed of light is 1.
;
; RETURNS:
;
; A N-vector giving the ratio, NU1/NU0, which is the ratio of the
; frequency observed in the rocket frame to the frequency seen in
; the lab frame.
;
; KEYWORD PARAMETERS:
;
; CLASSICAL - if set, then classical Doppler shift is performed,
; and the relativistic form is disabled.
; Default: not set (i.e., relativity is applied)
;
; EXAMPLE:
;
; IDL> RATIO = SRVDOPP([-1d,0,0], [0.1d,0,0])
;
; A photon of frequency NU0 is moving along the -x axis in the lab
; frame; a rocket observer is moving with speed 0.1 c along the +x
; axis. NU0 * RATIO is the frequency seen by the rocket observer.
;
;
; IDL> RATIO = SRVDOPP([0,-1d,0], [0.1,0,0])
;
; The observer is the same, but the photon is moving along the -y
; axis. NU0 * RATIO is the frequency seen by the rocket observer.
; This is the relativistic transverse doppler shift.
;
;
; MODIFICATION HISTORY:
; Written, 05 May 2002, CM
; Documentation, 12 May 2002, CM
; Add CLASSICAL keyword, 29 Jul 2002, CM
;
; $Id: srvdopp.pro,v 1.3 2002/07/29 23:16:47 craigm Exp $
;
;-
; Copyright (C) 2002, Craig Markwardt
; This software is provided as is without any warranty whatsoever.
; Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute modified or
; unmodified copies is granted, provided this copyright and disclaimer
; are included unchanged.
;-
function srvdopp, u, v, classical=classical
nu = n_elements(u)/3
nv = n_elements(v)/3
if nu EQ 0 OR nv EQ 0 then begin
message, 'USAGE: NU_NU0 = SRVDOPP(U, V)', /info
message, ' U = unit vector of photon in lab; '+$
'V is velocity of rocket in lab', /info
message, ' NU_NU0 = (freq. in rocket frame) / '+$
'(freq. in lab frame)', /info
return, -1d
endif
;; Expand either of the arguments
if nu NE nv AND nu NE 1 AND nv NE 1 then begin
message, 'ERROR: U and V must have the same number of vectors'
endif else if nu EQ 1 then begin
v1 = v
u1 = v*0
u1(0,*) = u(0) & u1(1,*) = u(1) & u1(2,*) = u(2)
endif else if nv EQ 1 then begin
u1 = u
v1 = u*0
v1(0,*) = v(0) & v1(1,*) = v(1) & v1(2,*) = v(2)
endif else begin
u1 = u
v1 = v
endelse
;; Compute unit vector v, along with 1/gamma and 1 - 1/gamma
vunit = v1
vnorm = total(vunit^2,1) ;; Momentarily = |V|^2
if NOT keyword_set(classical) then begin
oogamma = sqrt(1 - vnorm) ;; 1/gamma
;; (1 - v . u) * gamma
return, (1-total(v1*u1,1))/oogamma
endif else begin
;; Classical Doppler shift
return, (1-total(v1*u1,1))
endelse
end