Hi Fran, I am unable to imagine how something special would happen in that case. A muon in slow motion may have a greater chance of interaction if its energy is near the ionization energy of the atoms upon which it is incident - but this is only a small energy - less than 10eV. At higher energy, it is probably more likely that the muon is going to ionize the atom and then scatter at lower energy. The distances are so small in condensed matter that the scattering will happen rapidly and will reduce the muon to the sweet spot wherein it can interact with the chemical (electronic) structure of the next atom it meets.
How would a brief passage though a Casimir geometry alter these behaviors? On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Roarty, Francis X < francis.x.roa...@lmco.com> wrote: > Bob, what if the “muon” doesn’t have to achieve light speed but rather > becomes so “suppressed” think traveling thru a tiny Casimir cavity that the > muons actual speed inside the cavity where vacuum wavelengths are dilate by > suppression appears to achieve negative light speed relative to observers > outside the cavity where vacuum wavelengths are not suppressed.. IMHO > catlitic action is a weak cousin to Casimir action and the longer > wavelengths we consider suppressed are actually still present from the > perspective of a local observer in the cavity.. the calculations of decay > and distance traveled are then complicated by their Pythagorean > relationship to the spacetime inside these cavities traveling distances we > instwead perceive as dilation… but not just the dilation from their spatial > displacement, rather the cavities push this dilation in the opposite > direction and to some extent cancel? > > Always out on a limb, > > Fran > >
