A pion has a rest energy of 135 MeV. A pion moving through the laboratory at v = 0.98c decays into two gamma-ray photons of equal energy, making equal angles Θ with the original direction of motion. (a) Calculate the energy of one gamma ray photon. (b) Calculate the angle Θ.

A pion has a rest energy of 135 MeV. A pion moving through the laboratory at v = 0.98c decays into two gamma-ray photons of equal energy, making equal angles Θ with the original direction of motion. (a) Calculate the energy of one gamma ray photon. (b) Calculate the angle Θ.

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A pion has a rest energy of 135 MeV. A pion moving through the laboratory at v = 0.98c decays into two gamma-ray photons of equal energy, making equal angles Θ with the original direction of motion.

(a) Calculate the energy of one gamma ray photon.

(b) Calculate the angle Θ.

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