Speaker
Dr
paolo walter cattaneo
(INFN Pavia)
Description
An important test of the special relativity theory consists in verifying two key predictions: the relative widths of unstable particles are independent from their Lorentz boost and their laboratory lifetimes is proportional to the boost parameter
$\gamma$. These predictions can be subject to experimental tests measuring lifetimes and branching rations of unstable particle in flight at variable $\gamma$.
This field is relatively uneexplored: only in few cases precision measurements of particle lifetimes at different $\gamma$ have been performed. After a brief introduction to the theoretical framework we present some suggestions for possible future experiments.
Primary author
Dr
paolo walter cattaneo
(INFN Pavia)
