--- title: Slowing down muon decay with short laser pulses | daily.dev description: Researchers at the University of Plymouth demonstrated that muon decay can be manipulated using short laser pulses with far weaker intensities than previously... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/slowing-down-muon-decay-with-short-laser-pulses-d2dvwcg7i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Slowing down muon decay with short laser pulses | daily.dev og:description: Researchers at the University of Plymouth demonstrated that muon decay can be manipulated using short laser pulses with far weaker intensities than previously... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/slowing-down-muon-decay-with-short-laser-pulses-d2dvwcg7i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/D2DVWCg7i.png og:image:alt: Slowing down muon decay with short laser pulses og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Slowing down muon decay with short laser pulses **[Phys.org](https://daily.dev/sources/phys)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Researchers at the University of Plymouth demonstrated that muon decay can be manipulated using short laser pulses with far weaker intensities than previously thought necessary. By modeling finite-length laser pulses instead of infinitely extended ones, they discovered quantum interference between vacuum decay and laser-dependent decay channels that could potentially double muon lifetimes. This breakthrough could enable proof-of-principle experiments in existing facilities and has implications for fundamental physics research, including muon colliders and muon-catalyzed fusion. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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