A particle has a proper lifetime of 2.5 × 10^−6s. How fast/gamma must it be going to arrive on the surface of the earth 8km below? If the particle's mass is 120 MeV, what would its total energy and kinetic energy be?

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Q: What is the rest energy (in MeV) of an atom with an mass of 8.94 u.

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Q: An object with a rest mass of 18633.8 MeV/c2 is moving with a beta of 0.142. What is the…

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Q: The energy of a muon (a sub-atomic particle) is estimated to be 0.1066 GeV. Convert to its mass by…

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Q: The very massive Higgs particle (mass 125 GeV/c2) is created when two protons traveling at equally…

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Q: 1. You and your lab partner are making measurements on particle decay in the lab. You make the…

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Q: 8. An electron travels at a speed of 8.80 × 9.11 × 10-³1 kg) MeV 107 m/s. What is its total energy?…

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Q: A muon is a lepton that is a higher-mass (rest mass 105 MeV/c2) sibling to the electron. Muons are…

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