34. (a) A charged pi meson has a rest energy of 140 MeV and a lifetime of 26 ns. Find theenergy uncertainty of the pi meson, expressed in MeV and also as a fraction of its restenergy. (b) Repeat for the uncharged pi meson with a rest energy of 135 MeV and a lifetimeof 8.3 x 10" s. (c) Repeat for the rho meson with a rest energy of 765 MeV and a lifetimeof 4.4 x 10 s.

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34. (a) A charged pi meson has a rest energy of 140 MeV and a lifetime of 26 ns. Find the energy uncertainty of the pi meson, expressed in MeV and also as a fraction of its rest cnergy. (b) Repeat for the uncharged pi meson with a rest energy of 135 MeV and a lifetime of 8.3 x 10" s. (c) Repeat for the rho meson with a rest energy of 765 MeV and a lifetime of 4.4 x 10 s.

34. (a) A charged pi meson has a rest energy of 140 MeV and a lifetime of 26 ns. Find the energy uncertainty of the pi meson, expressed in MeV and also as a fraction of its rest cnergy. (b) Repeat for the uncharged pi meson with a rest energy of 135 MeV and a lifetime of 8.3 x 10" s. (c) Repeat for the rho meson with a rest energy of 765 MeV and a lifetime of 4.4 x 10 s.

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