Impossible Muons

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Thanks to Brilliant.org for supporting MinutePhysics! The first 200 people who go to http://www.brilliant.org/minutephysics will get 20% off a Premium Subscription to Brilliant. This video is about how terrestrial muons are part of our experimental proof of time dilation, length contraction, and special relativity in general. REFERENCES Cosmic Rays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray Terrestrial Cosmic Rays http://people.physics.tamu.edu/wwu/docs/P225/P225_Project_terrestrial%20cosmic%20rays.pdf Cosmic Ray Interaction Depth & Muon Production Altitude http://cosmic.lbl.gov/SKliewer/Cosmic_Rays/Interaction.htm Cosmic rays are stronger at the poles http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacial-geology/dating-glacial-sediments-2/cosmic-rays/ Cosmic Rays on Hyperphysics http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Astro/cosmic.html Exponential decay and mean lifetime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_decay#Mean_lifetime Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ MinutePhysics is on twitter - @minutephysics And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And Google+ (does anyone use this any more?) - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Created by Henry Reich