Monday 5 October 2015

special relativity - Can radioactivity be slowed through time dilation?



Can radioactivity be slowed using the effect of time dilation?


If you put cesium, tritium or uranium in a cyclotron at relativisitic speeds, do their half lives become longer in our frame?


Could this be used as a means to store radioactive material?




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