Consider a lab in which a detector 2 is located a distance of 3.0 m from detector 1 in the positive x-direction. A particle passes through the detector 2 at a time of t = 0 ns and is moving directly toward detector 1 at a constant speed of 0.80 c, where c is the speed of light. The particle emits a photon at a time of t = 5 ns, also traveling directly toward detector 1. All values in this question part are in the rest frame of the lab. Draw a spacetime diagram in this rest frame in units of light-nanosecond (Lns), with the worldline of detector 1 starting at the origin of the coordinate system. Draw the worldlines for the detector 1, particle, and the photon. Write out all your calculations.

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e) Consider a lab in which a detector 2 is located a distance of 3.0 m from detector 1 in the positive x-direction. A particle passes through the detector 2 at a time of t = 0 ns and is moving directly toward detector 1 at a constant speed of 0.80 c, where c is the speed of light. The particle emits a photon at a time of t = 5 ns, also traveling directly toward detector 1. All values in this question part are in the rest frame of the lab. Draw a spacetime diagram in this rest frame in units of light-nanosecond (Lns), with the worldline of detector 1 starting at the origin of the coordinate system. Draw the worldlines for the detector 1, particle, and the photon. Write out all your calculations.
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