Suppose a muon produced as a result of a cosmic ray colliding with a nucleus in...
Suppose a muon produced as a result of a cosmic ray colliding with a nucleus in the upper atmosphere has a velocity v = 0.950c. Suppose it travels at constant velocity and lives 2.20 ps as measured by an observer who moves with it (this is the time on the muon's internal clock). It can be shown that it lives for 4.87 us as measured by an Earth-bound observer. (a) How long (in us) would the muon have lived as...
Suppose a cosmic ray colliding with a nucleus in the Earth's upper atmosphere produces a muon that has speed v= 0.83c. The muon then travels at constant speed and lives 1.5 us as measured in the muon's frame of reference. (You can imagine this as the muon's internal clock.) Randomized Variables v=0.83c t=1.5 us (a) How long does the muon live in seconds) as observed on the Earth? b) How many meters does it travel as observed on the Earth?...
(15%) Problem 8: Suppose a cosmic ray colliding with a nucleus in the Earth's upper atmosphere produces a muon that has speed v = 0.92c. The muon then travels at constant speed and lives 1.5 us as measured in the muon's frame of reference. (You can imagine this as the muon's internal clock.) Randomized Variables y = 0.92 c t = 1.5 us > * 33% Part (a) How long does the muon live in seconds) as observed on the...
A muon is produced by a collision between a cosmic ray and an oxygen nucleus in the upper atmosphere at an altitude of 50 kml. It travels vertically downward to the surface of the Earth where it arrives with a total energy of 232 MeV|. The rest energy of a muon is 105.7 MeV|. What is the kinetic energy of a muon at the surface? 1.26 times 10^2 MeV What is the velocity of a muon at the surface? (Give...
What angle would the axis of a polarizing filter need to make with the direction of polarized light of intensity 1.80 kW/m2 to reduce the intensity to 30.0 W/m2? 88.5 One of the primary goals of the Kepler space telescope is to search for Earth-like planets. Data gathered by the telescope indicates the existence of one such planet named Boralis orbiting a star 115 ly from our solar system. Consider an interstellar spaceship leaving Earth to travel to Boralis. The...