The proper mean lifetime of a muon is 2.2 × 10–6 s. A beam of muons is moving with speed 0.6c relative to an inertial observer.
Approximately how far will a muon in the beam travel, on average, before it decays?
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Answer:
Explanation:
Diffraction is observed when a wave is distorted by an obstacle whose dimensions are comparable to the wavelength. The simplest case corresponds to the Fraunhofer diffraction, in which the obstacle is a long, narrow slit, so we can ignore the effects of extremes.
This is a simple case, in which we can use the Fraunhofer single slit diffraction equation:
Where:
Solving for λ:
Replacing the data provided by the problem: