The Fermilab accelerator in Illinois was designed to bombard stationary targets with 800 GeV protons. (a) What is the available energy Ea in a proton-proton collision? (b) What is Ea if the beam energy is increased to 980 GeV?

The Fermilab accelerator in Illinois was designed to bombard stationary targets with 800 GeV protons. (a) What is the available energy Ea in a proton-proton collision? (b) What is Ea if the beam energy is increased to 980 GeV?

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