What’s the difference between Half-Life & Mean Lifetime? | Nuclear Physics & Particle Physics

In this video, we will explain the difference between the mean lifetime and the half-life of a particle. Basically all particles decay in some way, except for some elementary particles and the proton. And they undergo this decay after some specific time. We can express this time as the mean lifetime or the half-life of a particle, but what's the difference?

Contents:
00:00 Introduction
00:21 Probabilities
02:06 Mean Lifetime
03:04 Half-Life

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