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alex3
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This isn't really so much of a homework problem, but I'm reading this webpage, and there's one part of the derivation of the required proton KE needed to produce a static antiproton.
The part that's puzzling me is
"and using... m2inc4 - p2inc2 = m20c4 "
I don't see where this formula is coming from. I can see the resemblance to the invariant, but the RHS deals with the moving proton, and the LHS only has the mass of a single proton, I'm confused as to why it's not (2m0)2c4.
Thanks for any help.
The part that's puzzling me is
"and using... m2inc4 - p2inc2 = m20c4 "
I don't see where this formula is coming from. I can see the resemblance to the invariant, but the RHS deals with the moving proton, and the LHS only has the mass of a single proton, I'm confused as to why it's not (2m0)2c4.
Thanks for any help.