Timeline for Is 4-momentum conservation used in this answer?
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| Dec 28, 2023 at 20:11 | comment | added | Dale | @JohnA. yes, exactly | |
| Dec 28, 2023 at 18:03 | vote | accept | JohnA. | ||
| Dec 28, 2023 at 17:59 | comment | added | JohnA. | *of the system (not of 1 or 2 particles) | |
| Dec 28, 2023 at 17:48 | comment | added | JohnA. | Thanks for going at such a length to clarify this. You are saying the collision didnt even need to happen for us to consider the total momentum of the system R. Whether that is used to calculate the total mass of 2 or 1 particle, that depends on whether we are thinking before or after the collision. | |
| Dec 28, 2023 at 17:43 | history | answered | Dale | CC BY-SA 4.0 |