Exam 12: Special Relativity and Elementary Particles
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Since the rest energy of an electron and its antiparticle a positron is 0.511 MeV, a gamma ray must have an energy larger than 1.022 MeV to produce an electron-positron pair.
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Because of the equivalence of energy and mass, a gamma ray, which is a high energy photon, can "disappear," and in its place there will be produced an electron and a positron, which both have mass.
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The strong force depends upon the electric charge of the particles involved.
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When it comes near a heavy nucleus, a gamma ray, which is a high energy photon, can "disappear," and in its place there will be produced an electron and a positron, which both have mass. According to special relativity, this pair production is an example of __________.
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Quarks are held together by the color force. Electrons are made of quarks.
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It takes approximately ___________ seconds for a particle moving at the speed of light to travel the 150 million kilometers from the Sun to Earth.
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