Probability of a product of a collision?
How common is it that the product of the electron-positron collision is an electron and a positron instead of photons?
Electron-electron collision completely elastic?
Electron 1 flies with the speed v = 50 meters/second Electron 2 flies with the speed v = 50 meters/second The electrons fly directly towards each other, collide at a 180° angle, and fly away from each other again at a 180° angle in the opposite direction. What is the speed of electron 1 and…
How are electromagnetic fields generated in the cavity resonator for particle acceleration?
In the acceleration tube of a linear accelerator, the electric field direction runs in and against the direction of electron flight. The magnetic and electric fields of an electromagnetic wave are perpendicular to the direction of propagation, which is why I think that the fields in the cavity resonator of the linear accelerator are generated…
Pair annihilation: Can the propagation direction of resulting photons be predicted?
Electron and positron collide at an angle and annihilate. If the collision angle is known, can we predict in which directions the resulting two photons will radiate?
Electron-electron collision: elastic or inelastic collision?
When electrons collide at almost the speed of light in a particle accelerator, do both electrons bounce back at almost the speed of light and continue traveling at the same speed as before the collision, or do they lose speed? Is the collision shock elastic or inelastic?
Is π0 a virtual particle?
η decays with >33% to π 0 The lifetime is 8.52(18) 10 −17 s and π 0 decays into ɣ + ɣ (Assuming η exists) How can the existence of π 0 be certain if its lifetime is so short and it decays immediately into two photons? Wouldn't it make more sense to omit this…
Why were so many fermions discovered?
Proton and neutron consist of up quarks and down quarks. This means that atoms that make up matter consist of only 3 fermions: up quarks, down quarks and electrons. However, the quarks Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom and other leptons such as Muon and Tauon were discovered in the particle accelerator. Where do all the other…
Only proton-proton collisions in the particle accelerator?
So far I have only read about proton-proton collisions. Why not let electrons collide with electrons? Has that been done before, and nothing happened? What happens if: Electron-proton collision! Electron-neutron collision Proton-neutron collision Neutron-neutron collision
How many particles collide simultaneously in the particle accelerator?
In the particle accelerator, do 1 proton collide with 1 proton, or a proton beam collide with a proton beam (several protons at the same time)? Is care taken to ensure that there is a certain distance between the accelerated particles and that only individual protons collide with each other, or are clusters of protons…
Has the Higgs particle really been discovered?
Why are people so sure they've discovered the Higgs particle? I assume it was created by a proton collision. Why do people think they've found the real Higgs particle? What's the argument against it being another normal collision product that's just rare?
How was the spin of elementary particles determined?
How did they determine the spin of quarks and leptons? Surely that was done in the Stern-Gerlach experiment? Or was another method used?