Relativistic Doppler Effect

Displays polar plots of the relativistic doppler effect.

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Usage: "RelativisticDopplerEffect"

Inputs:
Velocity: The speed of the primed observer relative to the unprimed observer, (-1, 1), Default: 0.5
Number of Lines: The number of lines to draw on the polar plot, (4, 10000), Default: 360
Beaming: Whether or not to display the intensity beaming effect.
Color: Whether or not to display stylized interpolated color (Regular Color) or wavelength values converted to RGB based on a source emission frequency of 540nm (True Visual Color). Default: Regular Color

Cite As

Christopher Helmerich (2026). Relativistic Doppler Effect (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/79793-relativistic-doppler-effect), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.3

Added usage

1.0.2

Changed intensity beaming effect to third power

1.0.1

Changed file name

1.0.0