Physics 104 Lab - Setup Instructions: mu-Mesons in Flight

Physics 104 Setup Instructions:
μ–Mesons in Flight
Lab Directions
BlackBoard Notes

Basic Idea:

Watch the film Time Dilation: An Experiment with μ–Mesons that describes an experiment testing the theory of special relativity performed by David H. Frisch (MIT) and James H. Smith (U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).

Number of setups:

Equipment Needed (each setup):

Video – No Setup Required
The video is in the glass cabinet of the non-Majors stockroom.

Computers Needed?

Notes:

An obituary for Frisch can be found here on MIT's website (here it is saved as a .pdf). Here's his Wikipedia entry.


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