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Subject: Re: Accelerating elevator
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Date: Wed, 12-Nov-86 21:41:24 EST
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Organization : California Instititute of Technology
Keywords: Background radiation
From: myers@hobiecat.Caltech.Edu (Bob Myers)
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In article <546@mcgill-vision.UUCP> (der Mouse) writes:
>Note another difference.  If the elevator rider measures his velocity
>with respect to "the universe", whatever that means, he will find it to
>be steadily increasing.  The guy on the planet will not.
>
>For "the universe", picky theorists may substitute, say, the background
>black-body radiation (a suspiciously absolute frame of reference, if
>you ask me!).

Hey, here's a fairly interesting question! What happens to the background
black-body radiation when you start moving faster? Obviously, it gets
doppler shifted.  What does the distribution of radiation with wavelength
look like? Is it still a black-body curve?

All sorts of interesting questions with this one!

				-Bob Myers