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The lifetime of a neutral pion is 8.0xx10^(-17)s. What is the accuracy with which its mass can be determined?

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SOLUTION :From the uncertainty relation for the energy we OBTAIN `Deltaepsi~~h//tau`, where `tau` is the LIFETIME of the particle. The ACCURACY with which the mass (and the energy) can be measured is
`delta=(Deltam)/m=(Deltaepsi)/epsi~~h/(Deltatau)`


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