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Isn't there a seeming contradiction between astronomical (and other Doppler shifts) and quantization of energy? That is, if light at some frequency (Lyman Alpha comes to mind) represents the minimal energy associated with a state transition, then what does it mean for that light to be red (or blue) shifted. Is less energy released by a hydrogen atom moving away from me? One atom, one event, one photon. As I understand quantum theory that photon will always have the same energy. Then how come I will measure a higher or lower energy depending on the relative motion of me and the source?
Re: Redshift and Planck's Equation
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