The radioactive decay takes place with the daughter nucleus coming to rest

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Problem

The radioactive decay

^{11}_{\;6}\mathrm{C} \rightarrow {}^{11}_{\;5}\mathrm{B} + e^{+} + \nu

takes place with the daughter nucleus coming to rest. Given

m(^{11}_{\;6}\mathrm{C}) = 11.011434\,\text{u}

m(^{11}_{\;5}\mathrm{B}) = 11.009305\,\text{u}

m(e^{+}) = 0.0005486\,\text{u}

and

1\,\text{u} = 931.5\,\text{MeV}/c^{2}

, determine the maximum combined kinetic energy (in MeV) available to the positron and the neutrino.