What Happens When Things Go Near the Speed of Light?
Advanced Analysis: Deriving the formula for g
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Why do faster moving particles go even farther that you
expect?
Do particles live longer if they are moving very
fast?
Physicists
use a
relativistic correction factor, which they represent by the Greek letter
You will:
- Examine a plot of the lifetimes vs. the decay length of the mesons.
- Determine the shape of that plot.
- Use the mathematical form of the plot to derive g.