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Among the most energetic cosmic rays ever detected are protons with energies of about 1020 eV. Find the momentum of such a proton, and compare with that of a 25-mg insect crawling at 2 mm/s

Modern Physics

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, Clement J. Moses, Curt A. Moyer

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Clement J. Moses, Curt A. Moyer

Chapter2: Relativity Ii

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