What Is True About Muons

question 51

Multiple Choice

What is true about muons?

• A) They are always moving at high speed, so they test relativity.
• B) Relativity explains why we can see short-lived muons that are produced high in the atmosphere from cosmic rays.
• C) We can see them being deflected from straight lines by the gravity of black holes.
• D) They have a mass that does not increase if they are moving fast.
• E) They are examples of Hawking radiation from black holes.

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