A proton beam with an 800-GeV beam energy gives an available energy of 38.7 GeV for collisions

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A proton beam with an 800-GeV beam energy gives an available energy of 38.7 GeV for collisions with a stationary proton target.

(a) You are asked to design an upgrade of the accelerator that will double the available energy in stationary-target collisions. What beam energy is required?

(b) In a colliding-beam experiment, what total energy of each beam is needed to give an available energy of 2(38.7 GeV) = 77.4 GeV ?

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University Physics with Modern Physics

ISBN: 978-0133977981

14th edition

Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman

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