A particle of mass 200MeV/c² collides with a hydrogen atom at rest. Soon after the collision the particle comes to rest, and the atom recoils and goes to its first excited state. The initial kinetic energy of the particle (in eV) is N/4. The value of N is: (Given the mass of the hydrogen atom to be 1GeV/c²)
A particle of mass 200MeV/c² collides with a hydrogen atom at rest. Soon after the collision the particle comes to rest, and the atom recoils and goes to its first excited state. The initial kinetic energy of the particle (in eV) is N/4. The value of N is: (Given the mass of the hydrogen atom to be 1GeV/c²)
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M? = 200MeV/C², m = 1Gev/C²
Initial velocity of particle is 'V'.
Final velocity of hydrogen atom is 'V'
M? V? = mV
V = M? V? /m
Also, 1/2 M? V? ² = 1/2 mV² + 3/4 x 13.6
Put (1) and get answer
1/2 M? V? ² = 51/4 eV
Hence, N = 51.
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