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So, what energy or what momentum should the incoming projectile have?
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Let's see. So, here are four protons,
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and in the cheapest collision
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what will they be doing in the end?
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Sitting in a clump.
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And what will be the energy of that clump?
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Do you agree that's 4m?
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Okay, this guy brings energy m into the collision,
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being the static target.
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So, you would conclude the energy of this should be 3m.
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By that we'll mean
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m·c^2 divided by 1-v^2/c^2