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Okay so I took a break and came back to it, here goes round two :smile: I definitely did, I must have mistyped that earlier :frown: The following image has my new work attached to it, but as far as that specific question is concerned, based on conservation of energy, Ee = m∏*c^2 - pe*c...

Thanks for the quick reply! To answer your questions, Because the Pion is at rest the initial momentum is therefore zero. Due conservation of momentum, the final momentum is also zero. Well evidently the value I calculated was not zero, so it could not be the final momentum of the...

Homework Statement In the rare decay ∏+ → e+ + ve , what is the momentum of the positron (e+)? Assume the ∏+ decays from rest. (m∏+ = 139.6 MeV/c^2, mv ≈ 0, me = 0.511 MeV/c^2) Homework Equations Conservation of Energy: E∏ = Ee + Ev Conservation of momentum: p∏ = pe + pv...