An unstable nucleus has a half-life of 1 ms. We prepare a beam of such particles and want at least half of them to travel down a 1 km accelerator before decaying.
a) How fast must they be moving?
b) How long will the accelerator look to the particles?
c) If the particles have a diameter of 3 fm, what shape will they be according to an observer standing in the lab?
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