A neutral kaon at rest decays, what is the momentum of the pions?

Subject: A neutral kaon at rest decays, what is the momentum of the pions?

Date: Mon Jan 30 20:13:26 2006
Posted by Mike
Grade level: 10-12 School: West High School
City: Manchester State/Province: NH Country: United States
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1138677206.Ph

Message:


Full question:  A neutral kaon with a mass of 498 MeV/c2, initially at rest, 
decays into two charged pions, each with a mass of 198 MeV/c2.  What is the 
momentum of each of the pions?  ... Am I right in assuming that there is 
momentum because some mass is turned into energy?  I can't find too much 
information regarding this, so how would I go about this calculation?

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