The collisions of cosmic-ray particles with the Earths atmosphere often produce muons that subsequently decay into an
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The collisions of cosmic-ray particles with the Earth’s atmosphere often produce muons that subsequently decay into an electron and two neutrinos according to the reaction,
μ- → e- + nμ + v̅e
What is the maximum possible kinetic energy of the electron? Assume the muon is at rest just before it decays and the masses of the neutrinos are negligible.
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