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Bubble Chamber Relativity    

    Questions

  

Try to check the energy and the momentum conservation using the following measured momentum: 

 

 

px (GeV/c)

py

pz

K-

8.26131

-0.15642

0.01320

p

0 

0 

0 

p-

4.49326 

0.73621 

-0.51122 

p

0.32496 

-0.43912 

0.48159 

 

Don’t forget to use the relativistic expressions!

Check your results with the teachers' calculations.

 

 

 

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