The average particle energy needed to observe unification of forces is estimated to be 1019 GeV . (a) What is the rest mass in kilograms of a particle that has a rest massof 1019 GeV/c2 ? (b) How many times the mass of a hydrogen atom is this?

The average particle energy needed to observe unification of forces is estimated to be 1019 GeV . (a) What is the rest mass in kilograms of a particle that has a rest massof 1019 GeV/c2 ? (b) How many times the mass of a hydrogen atom is this?

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The average particle energy needed to observe unification of forces is estimated to be 10¹⁹ GeV .
(a) What is the rest mass in kilograms of a particle that has a rest mass
of 10¹⁹ GeV/c² ?
(b) How many times the mass of a hydrogen atom is this?

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