English

Muons, gravity and time

General Physics 2015-08-17 v2

Abstract

In the muon storage rings the muons are subject to a very large radial acceleration. The equivalence principle implies a large gravity force. It has no effect on the muon lifetime.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1508.02339,
  title  = {Muons, gravity and time},
  author = {Francis J. M. Farley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.02339},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

3 pages, added keywords, added reference to Vessot and Levine, minor revisions

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