measured by this observer to be 10 times longerthan its lifetime when at rest relative to the observer?3. The lifetime of a free neutron is 886 s. If a neutron moves with aspeed of 2.9 x 108m/s relative to an observer in the lab, what doesthe observer measure the neutron's lifetime to be?4. A computer in a laboratory requires 2.50 us to make a certain calcu-lation, as measured by a scientist in the lab. To someone movingpast the lab at a relative speed of 0.995c, how long will the same cal-culation take?5. The formula for length contraction gives the length of an interval ona ruler moving with velocity v relative to an observer as V1-v²/c²times the length of the same interval on a ruler at rest with respectto the observer. By what fraction is the length of a meter stickreduced if its velocity relative to you is measured to be 95 percentthe speed of light?6. If an electron is speeding down the two-mile-long Stanford LinearAccelerator at 99.98 percent the speed of light, how many meterslong is the trip as seen from the perspective of the electron? (SeeProblem 5.)(a(H((18. A7. Calculate the rest energy of a proton in joules and MeVs. What isthe mass of a proton in MeV/c²?8. The tau is the heaviest of all the known leptons, having a mass of1,777 MeV/c². Find the rest energy of a tau in MeVs and joules.What is the mass of the tau in kilograms? Compare your result withthe mass in kilograms of an electron.9. If a 1.0-kg mass is completely converted into energy, how muchenergy, in joules, would be released? Compare this value to theamount of energy released when 1.0 kg of liquid water at 0°C freezes.10. In a particular beam of protons, each particle moves with an averagespeed of 0.8c. Determine the total relativistic energy of each protonin joules and MeVs.19.202111. A particle of rest energy 140 MeV moves at a sufficiently high speedthat its total relativistic energy is 280 MeV. How fast is it traveling?12. If the relativistic kinetic energy of a particle is 9 times its rest energy,at what fraction of the speed of light must the particle be traveling?oth at rest, were to completely anni-

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