Question: A pi meson of read mass m decays at rest into muon (rest mass mU) and neutrino of negligible or zero rest mass, show that

A pi meson of read mass m decays at rest into muon (rest mass mU) and neutrino of negligible or zero rest mass, show that the kinetic energy of the muon is KEu = ( M- Mu)2c2/2m

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