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One million muons created in the upper atmosphere

Muons. One million muons created in the upper atmosphere. They plummet 10 km down to earth at a speed of 0.98 c (2.94 x 10 8 m/s). They have a half-life of 1.56 x 10- 6 s (measured in a science lab). 49,000 muons are detected at ground level. The classical analysis.

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