Author(s)

Jeffrey S. Lee¹, Gerald B. Cleaver^1,2

¹Early Universe Cosmology and Strings Group, Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research, Waco, TX, USA.
²Department of Physics, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.

Considered as a gedanken experiment are the conditions under which the relativistic Doppler shifting of visible electromagnetic radiation to beyond the human ocular range could reduce the incident radiance of the source, and render a luminous astrophysical body (LAB) invisible to a naked eye. This paper determines the proper distance as a function of relativistic velocity at which a luminous object attains ocular invisibility.

Relativistic Processes, Black Hole Physics, Reference Systems, Luminous Astrophysical Body, Relativistic Blackbody Spectrum

Lee, J. and Cleaver, G. (2016) Black Sun: Ocular Invisibility of Relativistic Luminous Astrophysical Bodies. Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2, 562-570. doi: 10.4236/jhepgc.2016.24048.