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buffordboy23
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I think of all of the energy losses associated with macroscopic collisions and wonder how significant this effect is in the subatomic realm of inelastic particle collisions. For example, consider the inelastic pion photoproduction reaction: [tex]\gamma + p \rightarrow p + \pi^{0}[/tex]. Obviously, there is a minimum threshold energy needed for the reaction to proceed. How do the energy losses by such a reaction compare to the threshold energy? Are they significant?
EDIT: I realize that we are trying to compare two different worlds, the classical vs. the quantum, but intuition tells me that there must be similar effects although they may not be precisely clear.
EDIT: I realize that we are trying to compare two different worlds, the classical vs. the quantum, but intuition tells me that there must be similar effects although they may not be precisely clear.
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