An unstable high-energy particle is created in the laboratory, and it moves at a speed of 0.988c. Relative to a stationary reference frame fixed to the laboratory, the particle travels a distance of 1.34 10-3 m before disintegrating.
(a) What is the proper distance traveled?
1 _______m
(b) What is the distance measured by a hypothetical person traveling with the particle?
2 _______m
(c) What is the proper lifetime?
3 ____________s
(d) What is the dilated lifetime?
4 ___________ s