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Title: 1962 time dilation experiment with u mesons:
Post by: Wytnucls on June 17, 2017, 05:21:12 pm

Interesting record of how science was done in the 60s. Well worth watching if you have 30 minutes to spare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CeQXsIiGp8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CeQXsIiGp8)

Title: Re: 1962 time dilation experiment with u mesons:
Post by: Alex Eisenhut on June 17, 2017, 05:40:34 pm

Tektronix 585 with 81 adapter?

...what a weird scope. 9 horizontal divisons?

edit again.. never mind, it's a mask.

Title: Re: 1962 time dilation experiment with u mesons:
Post by: jimdeane on June 21, 2017, 10:18:35 pm

We do the same experiment with the cosmic ray muon detectors in QuarkNet, a US particle physics outreach program for high school students and teachers.

Title: Re: 1962 time dilation experiment with u mesons:
Post by: LabSpokane on June 22, 2017, 04:47:10 am

Thanks!  That video literally made my day.  I loved studying Special Relativity.  Hugely fun stuff.   :-+

Title: Re: 1962 time dilation experiment with u mesons:
Post by: LabSpokane on June 22, 2017, 07:03:47 pm

For those who want to have fun with Special Relativity, the classic undergrad text by Taylor and Wheeler is now free on Archive.org:

https://ia801301.us.archive.org/22/items/SpacetimePhysicsIntroductionToSpecialRelativityTaylorWheelerPDF/Spacetime%20Physics%20-%20Introduction%20to%20Special%20Relativity%20[Taylor-Wheeler]PDF.pdf

Special Relativity is very mathematically accessible and fun.  :-+