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To "Spin Up" the Rotation of a Neutron Star, Infalling

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To "spin up" the rotation of a neutron star, infalling material from the binary companion impacts the surface at half the speed of light. Suppose the infalling material includes radioactive particles with a half-life T0 measured when the particle is at rest. What is the half-life of these particles measured by an observer on the neutron star?


A) 0.5 T0
B) 0.87 T0
C) 1.15 T0
D) 2 T0

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