An alpha particle has a mass of 6.4E-27kg is propagating at relativistic speeds and has an energy of 6.48GeV (so 6.48E9 eV) What is the speed of the particle, expressed in units of c, c being the speed of light. Keep three significant digits.

An alpha particle has a mass of 6.4E-27kg is propagating at relativistic speeds and has an energy of 6.48GeV (so 6.48E9 eV) What is the speed of the particle, expressed in units of c, c being the speed of light. Keep three significant digits.

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According to classical physics, time flow is the same for every observer. But according to einstein's theory, time flow is different for different observers. The idea that time flow is not the same for all may sound strange because we may not experience this effect in everyday life. This effect is only observed when an object moves with some velocity comparable to the velocity of light. This velocity is termed relativistic velocity.

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An alpha particle has a mass of 6.4E-27kg is propagating at relativistic speeds and has an energy of 6.48GeV (so 6.48E9 eV)

What is the speed of the particle, expressed in units of c, c being the speed of light. Keep three significant digits.

Definition Definition Rate at which light travels, measured in a vacuum. The speed of light is a universal physical constant used in many areas of physics, most commonly denoted by the letter c . The value of the speed of light c = 299,792,458 m/s, but for most of the calculations, the value of the speed of light is approximated as c = 3 x 10 8 m/s.

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