Impossible Muons
Impossible Muons with tags physics, minutephysics, science
Thanks to Brilliant.org for supporting MinutePhysics! The first 200 people who go to http://www.brilliant.org/minutephysics will get 20% off a Premium Subscription to Brilliant. This video is about how terrestrial muons are part of our experimental proof of time dilation, length contraction, and special relativity in general.REFERENCESCosmic Rayshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_rayTerrestrial Cosmic Rayshttp://people.physics.tamu.edu/wwu/docs/P225/P225_Project_terrestrial%20cosmic%20rays.pdfCosmic Ray Interaction Depth & Muon Production Altitudehttp://cosmic.lbl.gov/SKliewer/Cosmic_Rays/Interaction.htmCosmic rays are stronger at the poleshttp://www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacial-geology/dating-glacial-sediments-2/cosmic-rays/Cosmic Rays on Hyperphysicshttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Astro/cosmic.htmlExponential decay and mean lifetimehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_decay#Mean_lifetimeSupport MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysicsLink to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/MinutePhysics is on twitter - @minutephysicsAnd facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysicsAnd Google+ (does anyone use this any more?) - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute!Created by Henry Reich
