An unstable particle called the pion has a mean lifetime of 25 ns in its own rest

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An unstable particle called the pion has a mean lifetime of 25 ns in its own rest frame. A beam of pions travels through the laboratory at a speed of 0.60c.
(a) What is the mean life time of the pions measured in the laboratory frame?
(b) How far does a pion travel (as measured by laboratory observers) during this time?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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