Extending the life of a muon (VIDEO)

University of Plymouth

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Dr Ben King, Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics at the University of Plymouth, talks about how muons are produced and a suggested new way of using intense laser pulses to reduce the rate of decay and at least double the muon’s lifetime

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