Relativistic decay survival to a detector
ID: relativistic-decay-survival-to-a-detector
A freely moving unstable particle of speed travels a laboratory distance in time , accumulating proper time . For rest-frame half-life and exponential decay, its survival probability is the displayed expression. At least half survive exactly when . The minimum speed is thereforeThe relevant flight length is , rather than for a particle whose speed is appreciably less than .
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