The mass of a muon is 207 times the electron mass; the average lifetime of muons at rest is 2.25 μs. In a certain experiment, muons moving through a laboratory are measured to have an average lifetime of 7.02 μs. For the moving muons, what are (a) β (b) K, and (c) p ? The rest energy of the electron is 0.511MeV. (a) Number Units (b) Number Units (c) Number Units
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The mass of a muon is 207 times the electron mass; the average lifetime of muons at rest is 2.25 μs. In a certain experiment, muons moving through a laboratory are measured to have an average lifetime of 7.02 μs. For the moving muons, what are (a) β (b) K, and (c) p ? The rest energy of the electron is 0.511MeV. (a) Number Units (b) Number Units (c) Number Units
