A proton beam strikes a stationary proton target to produce a neutral pion by the…

PHYSICS · Subjective · Fermi University Physics · Particle Physics & Quantum Fields · Particles, interactions and experiment · Particles, interactions and experiment

Particle Physics, Ch Invariant mass: decays, thresholds and the collider frame

Problem

A proton beam strikes a stationary proton target to produce a neutral pion by the reaction

p + p \to p + p + \pi^0.

Take

m_pc^2 = 938.3\,\mathrm{MeV}

and

m_{\pi^0}c^2 = 134.98\,\mathrm{MeV}

. Find the threshold kinetic energy

T_{\rm thr}

of the beam proton.

Browse the problem library