Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 29 - Relativity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1043: 60

Answer

$0.151nJ$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required energy of each of the two gamma rays as follows: $2E_{gamma}=m_{proton}c^2+m_{anti-proton}c^2$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $2E_{gamma}=(1.673\times 10^{-27}Kg)(3\times 10^8m/s)^2+(1.673\times 10^{-27}Kg)(3\times 10^8m/s^2)$ $2E_{gamma}=15.075\times 10^{-11}=0.151nJ$
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