MODERN PHYSICS
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Chapter 2, Problem 63P
(a)
To determine
Speed of the K meson in the original reference frame.
(b)
To determine
Speed, momentum, and energy of the pi meson in the frame in which the K meson is at rest.
(c)
To determine
Mass of the unknown particle produced in the decay.
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