An alpha particle (6.70 × 10-27 kg, 3.2 × 10-19 Coulomb) travels at 0.965c. What is its:
(a) rest energy (in eV)?
(b) total energy (in eV)?
(c) kinetic energy (in eV)?
(a) 3.76 GeV
(b) 14.4 GeV
(c) 10.6 GeV
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a. likely to occur by chance alone b. unlikely to occur by chance alone c. scientifically significant or important d. the result of an experiment with only one variable e. influenced by sampling error
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A) the shower. B) a small drape-covered room. C) a large drape-covered room. D) the desert.
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A) the structure of any large galaxy. B) the structure of any individual cluster of galaxies. C) the overall shape of the observable universe. D) the overall arrangement of galaxies, chains of galaxies, and galactic sheets in the universe.
If the interaction of a particle with its environment restricts the particle to a finite region of space, the result is the quantization of ____ of the particle
a. the momentum b. the energy c. the velocity d. all of the above properties e. only properties (a) and (b)