Antimatter: When a particle and its anti-particle collide, energy and momentum are conserved. However, the particles can annihilate each other and produce two gamma rays - high energy photons. An electron and an anti-electron each have a rest mass of 9.11 × 10-³1 kg. Suppose the particles are each accelerated to a speed of 0.79c in a particle accelerator with a length of 2595 m for a head on collision. (Each particle is moving at this speed with respect to the lab, and the particles are moving in opposite directions.) They collide head on and annihilate. What is the wavelength of the gamma rays produced in this collision?

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Antimatter: When a particle and its anti-particle collide, energy and momentum are conserved. However, the
particles can annihilate each other and produce two gamma rays - high energy photons.
An electron and an anti-electron each have a rest mass of 9.11 × 10-³1 kg. Suppose the particles are each
accelerated to a speed of 0.79c in a particle accelerator with a length of 2595 m for a head on collision. (Each
particle is moving at this speed with respect to the lab, and the particles are moving in opposite directions.)
They collide head on and annihilate.
What is the wavelength of the gamma rays produced in this collision?
Transcribed Image Text:Antimatter: When a particle and its anti-particle collide, energy and momentum are conserved. However, the particles can annihilate each other and produce two gamma rays - high energy photons. An electron and an anti-electron each have a rest mass of 9.11 × 10-³1 kg. Suppose the particles are each accelerated to a speed of 0.79c in a particle accelerator with a length of 2595 m for a head on collision. (Each particle is moving at this speed with respect to the lab, and the particles are moving in opposite directions.) They collide head on and annihilate. What is the wavelength of the gamma rays produced in this collision?
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