Homework Statement
The average lifetime of muons at rest is 2.20 μs. A laboratory measurement on muons traveling in a beam emerging from a particle accelerator yields an average muon lifetime of 14.718 μs.
a) What is the speed of the muons in the laboratory?
b) What is their kinetic energy...
Homework Statement
Find the speed parameter β and Lorentz factor γ for an electron that has a kinetic energy of:
a) 6.00 keV
b) 2.00 MeV
c) 4.00 GeV
Homework Equations
KE=(γ-1)*511 KeV
SQRT(1/(1-β^2))=γ
The Attempt at a Solution
a) 6 KeV=(y-1)*511
y=1.0117
1.0117=SQRT(1/(1-β^2))
β=0.152
b)...