Muon Pair Production
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When you click an exercise into a collection, this number will be taken as points for the exercise, kind of "by default".
But once the exercise is on the collection, you can edit the number of points for the exercise in the collection independently, without any effect on "points by default" as represented by the number here.
That being said... How many "default points" should you associate with an exercise upon creation?
As with difficulty, there is no straight forward and generally accepted way.
But as a guideline, we tend to give as many points by default as there are mathematical steps to do in the exercise.
Again, very vague... But the number should kind of represent the "work" required.
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That being said... How "difficult" is an exercise? It depends on many factors, like what was being taught etc.
In physics exercises, we try to follow this pattern:
Level 1 - One formula (one you would find in a reference book) is enough to solve the exercise. Example exercise
Level 2 - Two formulas are needed, it's possible to compute an "in-between" solution, i.e. no algebraic equation needed. Example exercise
Level 3 - "Chain-computations" like on level 2, but 3+ calculations. Still, no equations, i.e. you are not forced to solve it in an algebraic manner. Example exercise
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The following quantities appear in the problem:
Masse \(m\) / Energie \(E\) / Lorentz-Faktor \(\gamma\) /
The following formulas must be used to solve the exercise:
\(\sum E_{\scriptscriptstyle\rm tot} \stackrel{!}{=} \sum E_{\scriptscriptstyle\rm tot}' \quad \) \(E = \gamma E_0 \quad \) \(E = mc^2 \quad \)
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Exercise:
A muon/antimuon pair can be produced when an electron and a positron with sufficiently hight energies annihilate. What is the minimum kinetic energy of the electron and positron asing a symmetrical collision? What is the corresponding Lorentz factor?
Solution:
In order to produce a muon/antimuon pair the total energy of the electron and the positron has to be at least equal to twice the rest energy of a muon: E_e + sscEkin &geq E_mu It follows for the minimum kinetic energy of the electron/positron sscEkin EkF Emu - Ee resultEkP The Lorentz factor is gamma gaF fracEe + EkEe resultgaP
A muon/antimuon pair can be produced when an electron and a positron with sufficiently hight energies annihilate. What is the minimum kinetic energy of the electron and positron asing a symmetrical collision? What is the corresponding Lorentz factor?
Solution:
In order to produce a muon/antimuon pair the total energy of the electron and the positron has to be at least equal to twice the rest energy of a muon: E_e + sscEkin &geq E_mu It follows for the minimum kinetic energy of the electron/positron sscEkin EkF Emu - Ee resultEkP The Lorentz factor is gamma gaF fracEe + EkEe resultgaP
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Exercise:
A muon/antimuon pair can be produced when an electron and a positron with sufficiently hight energies annihilate. What is the minimum kinetic energy of the electron and positron asing a symmetrical collision? What is the corresponding Lorentz factor?
Solution:
In order to produce a muon/antimuon pair the total energy of the electron and the positron has to be at least equal to twice the rest energy of a muon: E_e + sscEkin &geq E_mu It follows for the minimum kinetic energy of the electron/positron sscEkin EkF Emu - Ee resultEkP The Lorentz factor is gamma gaF fracEe + EkEe resultgaP
A muon/antimuon pair can be produced when an electron and a positron with sufficiently hight energies annihilate. What is the minimum kinetic energy of the electron and positron asing a symmetrical collision? What is the corresponding Lorentz factor?
Solution:
In order to produce a muon/antimuon pair the total energy of the electron and the positron has to be at least equal to twice the rest energy of a muon: E_e + sscEkin &geq E_mu It follows for the minimum kinetic energy of the electron/positron sscEkin EkF Emu - Ee resultEkP The Lorentz factor is gamma gaF fracEe + EkEe resultgaP
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