Muons, gravity and time

Abstract

In the muon storage rings the muons are subject to a very large radial acceleration. The equivalence principle implies a large gravity force. It has no effect on the muon lifetime.

3 pages, added keywords, added reference to Vessot and Levine, minor revisions

References in corpus (1)

• Test of Time Dilation Using Stored Li+ Ions as Clocks at Relativistic Speed

Cited by in corpus (1)

• Electrical charges in gravitational fields, and Einstein's equivalence principle