Question

A tau lepton has a proper lifetime of 2.9 x 10 s. (a) If it is accelerated to a velocity of 0.995c, what is its lifetime according to an observer

in the laboratory? (b) If the tau lepton travels 86 x 10°m in the laboratory frame, how far did it travel in its own reference frame?

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