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33.3 Exercise 3

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Use the information in the reference to answer the following questions.

Taking only energy and mass into consideration, what is the minimum amount of kinetic energy a K- must have when colliding with a stationary proton to produce an Ω?

  1. 240.5 MeV
  2. 120.0 MeV
  3. 15.5 MeV
  4. 57.6 GeV

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 33.3 Accelerators Create Matter from Energy, exercise 3

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