Posted by Deforest on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 12:46pm.
The total energy of a system is given by:
E = gamma m c^2
The total momentum is:
p = gamma m v
The ratio p/E is thus:
p/E = v/c^2
So, if we know the energy and momentum of a system, we know the velocity.
For the given system, the energy is:
E = E1 + m2 c^2
The momentum is
p = p1
Therefore:
v = c^2 p/E = c^2 p1/(E1 + m2 c^2)
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