The Many Paths of Muon Math
Daniel Garisto, Symmetry
Like racecars on a track, thousands of particles called muons zip around an experiment's giant 50-foot circular magnet at 99.9% of the speed of light. After making a few hundred laps in less than a millisecond, the muons decay and are soon replaced by another bunch.
Like racecars on a track, thousands of particles called muons zip around an experiment's giant 50-foot circular magnet at 99.9% of the speed of light. After making a few hundred laps in less than a millisecond, the muons decay and are soon replaced by another bunch.