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A spherical blackbody source of proper temperature moves directly towards a stationary observer with a constant velocity . In the rest frame of the source, the spectral radiance peaks at a wavelength . The observer measures the incoming radiation. Let be the observed peak wavelength. Let be the total observed radiance (energy per unit area per unit time per unit solid angle) integrated over all frequencies, and be the corresponding total proper radiance. Given that the quantity is Lorentz invariant (where is the spectral radiance and is the frequency), determine the values of and .
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Concepts Behind This Question
Wien’s Displacement Law|Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution|Doppler Effect
Why This Question Is Tricky
Common Mistakes
This question tests the synthesis of relativistic kinematics with blackbody thermodynamics.
A common trap is applying the classical Doppler shift or assuming total radiance scales linearly or quadratically with the frequency shift.
Students often fail to recognize that the Lorentz invariance of leads to an effective temperature .
By the Stefan-Boltzmann law equivalent for radiance, this results in a dependence for the total radiance.
Furthermore, confusing the wavelength shift direction or using the non-relativistic approximation leads to incorrect wavelength ratios.
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Question Information
| Subject | Physics |
| Chapter | Thermal Properties of Matter - Class 11 Part 2 |
| Concept | Wien’s Displacement Law |
| Difficulty | 8 |
| Cognitive Load | 7 |
| Target Solve Time | 160 sec |
| Access | Free |