Re: GR frequency shift formula

The only inadequacies that will be acknowledged, in this newsgroup, are
exhibited by cranks such as yourself.

Marcel Luttgen said:

"Here is my approximate solution of the following problem.
Do GR experts agree?

Two non-rotating spherical celestial objects 1 and 2 are orbiting along

their common center of gravity.
The masses and radii of the objects are respectively M1, R1 and M2,R2.
The distance between centers is d.
Object 1 emits a light of frequency Nu1. What is the frequency Nu2
of the light received by an observer situated on object 2 at a distance

d - (R1+R2) from the emitter?


Example: M1 = M* ( M* = 1 solar mass = 1.989E+33 g),
R1 = 5 Km,
M2 = 5 M*,
R2 = 20 km,
d = 50 km.


M1 = 1.989E+33 'g
M2 = 1.989E+33 * 5 'g
R1 = 500000! 'cm
R2 = 2000000! 'cm
d = 5000000! 'cm


G = 6.673E-08 'Universal gravitational constant (CGS)
c = 2.998E+10 'Speed of light in cm/s


M1 = G * M1 / c ^ 2
M2 = G * M2 / c ^ 2


Nu2/Nu1 = 1 - M1*(1/R-1/(d-R2)-1/(2 * d)) + M2*(1/R2-1/(d-R1)-1/(2*d))
= 0.9


In this case, one has a red shift!"
End of Marcel said.


It's been pointed out to Marcel that his formula will not work for
strong gravitational fields. The reason being his formula doesn't
account for relativistic effects. It's interesting to note the
relationship between Marcel's M2 and M1 are similar to the relationship
between the Earth and Moon. ie the center of system mass [barycenter]
is inside the radius of M2 just as the barycenter of the Earth-Moon
system is inside the radius of the Earth. Also note that M2 and M1 are
fictitious objects with exceedingly small probability of existing in
this universe. But if they could....

In geometric units:

r_barycenter = r_total [ M1/(M2 + M1) ], r_total = d.

= 50,000m [ 1477m / (7385m + 1477m) ] = 8333.333m from the center of
M2.

As M1 orbits the barycenter we can favorably compare the orbit of M2,
around barycenter, to the orbit of Earth around the Earth-Moon
barycenter. To find a reasonable approximation for predicting delta
period wrt a pulse of light emitted on the surface of M1 and received
on the surface of M2 the key parameters become the positions in the
gravitational field where the pulse of light is emitted and received.

Since both M1 and M2 are spherically symmetric and non-rotating we can
make the approximation using the Schwarzschild metric.

M2 velocity as it orbits the barycenter is exceedingly small compared
to the velocity of M1 as it orbits the barycenter.

Setting M2 = M**, M1 = M*, r2 = r**, r1 = r*, distance center of M1 to
barycenter = r***

v shell_M* = [ M** / ( r*** -2M**) ] ^1/2 = [ 7385m / (41667m -
14770m) ] ^1/2 = .524c

For M** we can use the first component of the Schwarzschild metric:

dtshell_M** = ( 1 - 2M**/r** ) ^1/2 dt, where dt = the GR Schwarzschild
bookkeeper coordinate time measured in flat spacetime at infinity
[boundary condition].

For M* we can use a formula derived from the Schwarzschild metric and
the effective potential of GR's equation of motion:

dtshell_M* = ( 1 - 3M**/r*** ) ^1/2 dt

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Derivation:

Starting with the 2 dimensional form of the Schwarzschild metric and
setting dr = 0:

dTau^2 = (1 - 2M/r)dt^2 - 0 - r^2 dphi^2

Determining a useful expression for dphi:

L/m = r^2 (dphi/dTau)

dphi = [(L/m)/r^2]dTau

Substituting dphi^2 the metric becomes:

dTau^2 = ( 1 - 2M/r)dt^2 - [(L/m)^2/r^2]dTau^2

Dividing through by dt^2 will give the ratio (dTau/dt)^2:

(dTau/dt)^2 = (1 - 2M/r) - [(L/m)/r]^2(dTau/dt)^2

Simplified:

(dTau/dt)^2 = (1 - 2M/r) / [1 + (L/m)^2/r^2]

Using the equation of motion:

(dr/dTau)^2 = (E/m)^2 - (1 - 2M/r)[1 + (L/m)^2/r^2]

and taking the derivative of the effective potential wrt r, dividing
through by r^4 to express dV/dr as a quadratic, solving for 0, then r^2
can be expressed:

r^2 = [(L/m)^2]r - 3(L/m)^2

Substituting [(L/m)^2]r - 3(L/m)^2 for r^2 into (dTau/dt)^2 = [..]
results in:

(dTau/dt)^2=(1 - 2M/r)/[1 + (L/m)^2)/[(L/m)^2)r - 3(L/m)^2]

Simplified:

dTau/dt = (1 - 3M/r)^1/2

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Bact to Marcel's folly:

To find the ratio [ dtshell_M** / dtshell_M* ]

dtshell_M* / ( 1 - 3M**/r*** ) ^1/2 = dt = dtshell_M** / ( 1 -
2M**/r** )^1/2


dtshell_M** / dtshell_M* = ( 1 - 2M**/r** )^1/2 / ( 1 - 3M**/r*** )^1/2



= .511370707 / .639687422 = .74727606

Throughout this thread Marcel has claimed GR isn't a useful theory for
doing relativistic physics. Since he knows very little about GR it's
difficult to understand how he came to such a conclusion. It is well
understood that weak field approximations are useless for describing
strong field physics. Apparently well understood by everybody but
Marcel Luttgen.

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