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"font-size:12pt;">The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is used to

collide protons at very high energies in order to produce

subatomic particles like quarks. If the protons used in experiments

at the LHC have a kinetic energy of 7 TeV, find the speed and the

momentum of the protons.

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"font-size:12pt;">Compare this result to the momentum of a mosquito

(1 milligram) flying at 1 m/s.


Explanation / Answer

0.5 mv^2=7*10^12 eV

v^2=14*10^12/9.11*10^-31

v=3.92*10^21 m/s

momentum = mv=1.67*10^-27*3.92*10^21=6.54*10^-6 kgm/s

Momemtum of mosqutio = 10^-3*1 = 10^-3kgm/s

ratio of momentums is 0.00654