Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy
 

Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy problem 3


A meson is a sub-atomic particle. A stationary meson, which has mass , decays to form two -ray photons. The nuclear equation for this decay is




  • Explain why the two -ray photons have the same energy.


  • Determine, for each -ray photon,


    • the energy, in joule,


    • the wavelength,


    • the momentum.


 

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