Timeline for If a relativistic proton e.g. $\gamma=5$ hits a stationary proton will this collision take all its momentum?
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| Aug 21, 2020 at 23:16 | comment | added | Bill N | You use the word "immediately". Do you think that the classical billiard ball collision happens instantaneously? It doesn't.. It requires time, and the collision "goes on" while the balls are in (classical) contact. | |
| Aug 21, 2020 at 15:57 | history | edited | Cosmas Zachos |
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| Aug 21, 2020 at 13:53 | answer | added | Cosmas Zachos | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 20, 2020 at 6:08 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Aug 20, 2020 at 0:12 | answer | added | user272741 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 19, 2020 at 22:53 | comment | added | Triatticus | Problem is this the proton has much more energy than is required to create more particles in the resulting collision, so the final state is going to be messy and can have more than just the initial protons. | |
| Aug 19, 2020 at 22:50 | history | edited | Emilio Pisanty | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 19, 2020 at 22:30 | history | asked | Krešimir Bradvica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |