Available energy (particle collision)
- Available energy (particle collision)
In particle physics, the available energy is the energy in a particle collision available to produce new matter from the kinetic energy of the colliding particles. Since the conservation of momentum must be held, a system of two particles with a net momentum may not convert all their kinetic energy into mass - and thus the available energy is always less than or equal to the kinetic energy of the colliding particles. The available energy for a system of one stationary particle and one moving particle is defined as::where: is the mass of the stationary target particle,: is the mass of the moving particle,: is the kinetic energy of the moving particle, and: is the speed of light.
ee also
*Threshold energy
*Matter creation
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