On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
*>> If you want to measure the half life of a muon in the lab then you make > sure that the relative velocity between the lab and the muon is zero, or at > least very small. * > > > *> The condition you claim is necessary, seems impossible, since the lab > is at rest and the muon is moving. AG * > *Why is it impossible? Unlike a photon a muon has a nonzero rest mass, therefore a muon can NEVER travel at the speed of light and it is possible to slow them down, and if an experimenter is worth a damn he's going to make sure that relative to his lab equipment it has come to a rest, or at least is moving very slowly, before he measures it's half-life. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* flk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3DJCtpsB4YqjYEPm2VS1e1AS1fa2cH626R6mnrfpuUPg%40mail.gmail.com.
