5.17 A nucleus is at rest in the laboratory frame of reference. Show that if it disintegrates into two smaller nuclei the products must move in opposite directions.

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Let m1 & m2 be the masses of two nuclei and m be the mass of the main nuclei.

m = m1 + m2

If v1 and v2 be the corresponding velocities of two nuclei then total linear momentum after disintegration = m1 v1 + m2 v2

Since at the initial stage, mass nuclei was at rest, so the initial linear momentum = 0

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