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Bryce M. Barclay

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Dynamic Doppler Effects on Dirac Spinor Fields

We derive the dynamic Doppler effects of noninertial observer motion on Dirac spinor fields, characterizing how proper acceleration, proper jerk, observer path curvature, torsion, and hyper-torsion modify the inertial quantum description of free particles. We quantify the nonlinear behavior of the amplitude and phase of the Dirac spinor wave field and isolate the spin-induced signatures that have no counterpart in the scalar Klein-Gordon field. For worldlines with constant proper jerk the amplitude scales super-exponentially as $\exp(j_0τ^2/4)$. The complex Frenet-Serret curvature invariants generate both an exponential amplitude factor and a spin-induced phase factor. Spinor structure therefore produces an observable dynamic Doppler signature distinct from any scalar prediction.

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The Dynamic Doppler Spectrum Induced by Nonlinear Sensor Motion: Relativistic Kinematics and 4D Frenet-Serret Spacetime Geometry

Fundamental to the analysis of nonlinear relativistic motion is the precise characterization of the induced dynamic Doppler effects. In this work, we analyze the electromagnetic signals observed by non-inertial receivers using two frameworks to describe the relativistic motion. We first consider observer paths described by higher-order kinematic 4 vectors: relativistic acceleration and jolt. The dynamic Doppler effects of relativistic acceleration and jolt are exponential spectral broadening and exponential amplitude growth or decay. We derive compact expressions for the spectrum transformation resulting from relativistic acceleration and jolt. The jolt induces nonlinear skewed chirps in observed signals. Next we consider observer paths described by the 4D Frenet-Serret frame and the curvature and torsion of the observer path. We obtain descriptions of the amplitude and phase fluctuations of the signal in terms of the geometric parameters of curvature and torsion. Concise, interpretable descriptions of non-inertial dynamic Doppler effects provide a useful diagnostic and predictive tool for engineering applications including radar, sensing, and communications systems.

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