Multiple Choice
A meson moving through a laboratory of length x at a speed v decays after a lifetime T as measured by an observer at rest in the laboratory.If the meson were at rest in the laboratory its lifetime would be:
A) T(1 - v/c)
B) T(1 - v/c) -1
C) T(1 - v2/c2) -1/2
D) T(1 - v2/c2) 1/2
E) (T - vx/c2) (1 - v2/c2) -1/2
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