Show that when the motion of nucleons within the nucleus is taken into account, the threshold energy

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Show that when the motion of nucleons within the nucleus is taken into account, the threshold energy E' for producing anti protons in the collision of protons with a nuclear target is given approximately by

E'min ≈ (1 − p/mPc)Emin ≈ 5.2 GeV,

where Emin ≈ 6.6 GeV is the threshold energy for producing anti protons on a proton target, and p = |p|, the magnitude of the internal momenta of the nucleons, is taken to be typically of order 0.2 GeV/c.

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Particle Physics

ISBN: 978-1118912164

4th Edition

Authors: Brian R. Martin, Graham Shaw

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