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On Thu, 17 May 2001, John Mallinckrodt wrote:
Hi all-
But John's proper translation would give the same answer to
the question as my original translation. So, John, where, in the new
context, is the ambiguity?
The muon has a lifetime of about 1 microsec (\mu_s). A beam
of muons passes through my detector with a speed of 0.9c. What
lifetime do I measure for the muons?
The muon has a lifetime of about 1 microsec (\mu_s). A beam of
muons passes through my detector with a speed of 0.9c. During the
lifetime of a muon, how much time passes on my clock?