Relativistic rapidity as change in musical pitch

TL;DR

This paper explores a novel interpretation of relativistic rapidity as the change in musical pitch caused by motion, linking physics concepts with auditory perception.

Contribution

It introduces a new perspective by interpreting relativistic rapidity as a change in musical pitch, bridging physics and auditory phenomena.

Findings

Relativistic rapidity can be interpreted as a change in musical pitch.

The interpretation connects physics concepts with auditory perception.

Provides a novel analogy between relativistic effects and sound pitch changes.

Abstract

Relativistic rapidity is usually presented as a computational device. As Levy-Leblond has shown, it is also the velocity that would be imputed by an ideal Newtonian inertial guidance system, taking c=1*neper=1. Here, we show that it can also be interpreted as the change in musical pitch of radiation fore and aft along the direction of motion.