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What is the rest masses of the fragments unstable particle having a mass of 3.34 10-27 kg is initially at rest The particle decays into 2 fragments that fly off with velocities of 0.987c and -0.868c?
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∙ 8y ago
See this link for relatavistic mass:
hyperphysics Dot phy-astr Dot gsu Dot edu/hbase/Relativ/tdil.html
It is not letting me put the link in as normal, so I put the "dots" in.
Remember that momentum is conserved. Since initial momentum is zero (since it is at rest) the net momentum of the two particles must cancel each other to equal zero. They are traveling in opposite directions. Let the rest mass of one particle equal m1, then the rest mass of the other particle is (3.34 x 10^-27 kg) - (m1). Plug those into the relatavistic mass equations, and set the magnitudes of momentums equal. Then you can solve for m1.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 10y ago-- You haven't said whether the 3.34 x 10-27 kg is the rest-mass of the
unstable particle (presumably an alpha particle) or its mass at some speed.
You've only said that its mass "is", and it's initially at rest.
-- I think there's something else missing here. We need either more data on
the masses after the split, or else something about the binding energy of the
fragments before the split. There's going to be a change in total mass, and it'll
relate somehow to the binding energy, the kinetic energy of the fragments, and
their speed-enhanced masses. This question could be a real nut-cracker, which,
even though I've stayed away from the edge and avoided falling in, I'm pretty sure
that we're not given enough data to answer it.
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