Tessellate S.T.E.M.S - Physics - College - Set 1 - Problem 3

Level 2

What is the speed of particle with total relativistic energy 20MeV and having a momentum of 16MeV/c?

This problem is a part of Tessellate S.T.E.M.S.

0.8c 0.7c 0.6c 0.5c

Writabrata Bhattacharya by Writabrata Bhattacharya , 22, India

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1 solution

Spandan Senapati
Jan 6, 2018

γ m c 2 = E \gamma mc^2=E , γ m v = p \gamma mv=p , γ = 1 1 − v 2 c 2 \gamma =\frac {1}{\sqrt {1-\frac {v^2}{c^2}}} ,dividing we get v = 0.8 c v=0.8c

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