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Length Contraction: Muon vs Earth Frames
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[QUOTE="TheWonderer1, post: 5840427, member: 562525"] [URL]http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Relativ/muon.html[/URL] [URL]https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module4_time_dilation.htm#equivalence[/URL] I was looking at these links and got confused. It seems to me that they are saying the same thing but the UNSW link uses the clock in the other person's view. Thus, the time dilation seen in Jasper's Frame would require length contraction to compensate (only using one to keep things in perspective). For the muon experiment, it experiences length contraction in it's rest frame which is expected. What I'm confused about is the UNSW article seems to contradict the muon experiment. The Earth in its own frame doesn't have length contraction. I see this as similar to Jasper looking on as Zoe drives by in his rest frame. It seems that the frames are getting confused. Although, I've seen it written like this before so why doesn't the Earth see the muon contraction. Let's say that the muon was a bowling ball and it was traveling at the same speed, would you see the length contract? [/QUOTE]
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