Particles: Suppose You Were to Try to Create a Proton-Antiproton

question 29

Multiple Choice

Particles: Suppose you were to try to create a proton-antiproton pair by annihilation of two very high-energy gamma rays of the same wavelength heading toward each other. The proton and the anti-proton have the same masses, but opposite charges. What would be the minimum energy needed for each photon? (e = 1.60 × 10^-19 C, m_proton = 1.67 × 10^-27 kg, c = 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s)

• A) 1.022 MeV
• B) 12.2 MeV
• C) 1880 MeV
• D) 939 MeV
• E) 223 MeV

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