Say there is a beam of light at 1 um (f=300 THz), and there is a particle traveling at constant speed along the axis of the beam, which is, say, a few mm or cm in diameter. Say the particle is going fast enough so that the shift brings the light down to the MHz level (v/c ~ 1- O(10^-16)). Then... Read more

Special relativity and diffracting beams
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