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WE shall calculate the value of the radial velocity of a relativistic atom from the shift of the spectral lines by taking the transverse velocity into account. The special theory of relativity will be used.
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Moller, C., The Theory of Relativity, 62 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1952).
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LE FLOCH, A. Determination of the Radial Velocity of a Relativistic Star. Nature 226, 737–738 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226737a0
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