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A particle accelerator collides 5000 GeV muon+ with 5000 GeV muon- particles, producing two massive particles in the final state, one with a mass of 800 GeV and another particle with unknown mass m.
a) write down the initial and final state momentum vectors
b) by using the conservation of 4-momentum, compute the maximum value m could be
c) without calculation explain why this maximum mass is reduced if a 10,000 GeV muon- is collided with a stationary muon+
I tried to attempt the question but i was put off by the way they have written mass, usually i see it as ...GeV/c^2 but there was no c^2, and secondly I am not told about the final states or the velocities so basically I am completely lost,
Any help at all please!
Thanks
a) write down the initial and final state momentum vectors
b) by using the conservation of 4-momentum, compute the maximum value m could be
c) without calculation explain why this maximum mass is reduced if a 10,000 GeV muon- is collided with a stationary muon+
I tried to attempt the question but i was put off by the way they have written mass, usually i see it as ...GeV/c^2 but there was no c^2, and secondly I am not told about the final states or the velocities so basically I am completely lost,
Any help at all please!
Thanks