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The total energy in the beam of an accelerator is far greater than the energy of the individual beam particles. Why isn't this total energy available to create a single extremely massive particle?
Why isn't total energy available to create a single extremely massive particle?
Answer to Problem 1CQ
Einstein has stated in his theory that any particle having mass cannot travel more than the speed of light without its mass becoming infinite. The particle accelerator accelerates the particle close to speed of light.
Explanation of Solution
The energy supplied to the particle is given by the formula:
Here,
Einstein has stated in his theory that any particle having mass cannot travel more than the speed of light without its mass becoming infinite. The particle accelerator accelerates the particle close to speed of light.
Since the energy supplied is finite, to increase the speed of the particle its mass should be small. Therefore, a beam of particles having very small individual mass are accelerated in the particle accelerator.
Conclusion:
The energy supplied to the particle is given by the formula:
Here,
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