Impossible Muons

The video explains cosmic rays and their interaction with Earth's atmosphere, creating particle showers. It focuses on muons, which have a short half-life but are detected on Earth's surface due to time dilation, a concept from special relativity. This phenomenon allows muons to travel much further than expected. From the muon's perspective, length contraction explains their ability to traverse the atmosphere. The video highlights these concepts as evidence of special relativity.

What experimental evidence supports the theory of special relativity in the context of muons?

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Describe the concept of relativistic length contraction as it relates to muons.

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