If a ?- particle at rest decays into a neutron and a ?- , what is the total kinetic energy of the decay products?

The masses of ?-, neutron, and ?- are 1197 MeV/c2, 940 MeV/c2, and 140 MeV/c2, respectively.


117 MeV

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