Timeline for Dilemma in race between muon and light
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| Jul 16, 2014 at 18:28 | comment | added | Marlin Pierce | What you suggest, apply length contraction to objects but not light, is exactly what I did. I followed the example for a muon experiment (link added to question comments) which explains the observation of reduced muon decay for muons traveling at near light speed. | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 18:08 | comment | added | Marlin Pierce | I'm applying the length contraction to the segment em. Instead of two points, m and e, replace that with a 15 Km long ship. From the short ship's reference the 15 Km ship contracted to a length of 1637m. The light, unaffected by the transformation, travels at velocity c across the 1637m. So I am applying the transformation to an object, and not light. | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 13:47 | history | answered | gregsan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |