Question

PHW 21 due at Class 24 A particle accelerator is a device designed to create high-energy particles for collision experiments. In one such accelerator, protons that are initially at rest are accelerated through a net electrical potential ? to a total relativistic energy ? = 6.5 GeV. The accelerator itself is a large circular ring with a radius ? = 1.1 km. For these protons, calculate the following: (a) The net accelerating potential, ?. (b) Their momentum, in MeV/c. (c) The time it would take them to traverse the ring one thousand times, as measured by somebody in the stationary laboratory frame. (d) The time it would take them to traverse the ring one thousand times, as measured by someone traveling with the protons.

Answer 1