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    Laboratory Frame Rest Frame Y (4S)

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    The document describes a particle physics experiment where electron and positron beams collide to produce an excited state of the Υ meson called Υ(4S) with a mass of 10.58 GeV/c^2. The Υ(4S) then decays into pairs of B mesons (B+ and B-), each with a mass of 5.28 GeV/c^2. It provides details about calculating the energy of the positron beam, momenta of the B mesons, and distance traveled by one B meson before decaying based on its lifetime in its rest frame.

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    The document describes a particle physics experiment where electron and positron beams collide to produce an excited state of the Υ meson called Υ(4S) with a mass of 10.58 GeV/c^2. The Υ(4S) then decays into pairs of B mesons (B+ and B-), each with a mass of 5.28 GeV/c^2. It provides details about calculating the energy of the positron beam, momenta of the B mesons, and distance traveled by one B meson before decaying based on its lifetime in its rest frame.

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    The document describes a particle physics experiment where electron and positron beams collide to produce an excited state of the Υ meson called Υ(4S) with a mass of 10.58 GeV/c^2. The Υ(4S) then decays into pairs of B mesons (B+ and B-), each with a mass of 5.28 GeV/c^2. It provides details about calculating the energy of the positron beam, momenta of the B mesons, and distance traveled by one B meson before decaying based on its lifetime in its rest frame.

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    CMA The Japanese B-factory collides electron beams head-on with

    positron beams. The beam energies are unequal but have been carefully
    adjusted so as to produce an excited state of the meson called the (4S).
    The rest mass of the (4S) is 10.58 GeV/c2 . Subsequently the (4S) decays
    to a pair of B-mesons: B + and B . The rest masses of the oppositely-charged
    B + and B mesons are both 5.28 GeV/c2 . The rest mass of the electron is
    negligible at these energies.
    Laboratory frame Y(4S) rest frame

    electron positron B B+
    +
    E = 8 GeV E =?

    [Hint: In working the following parts, use units where energy is measured in
    GeV, momentum in GeV/c, and mass in units GeV/c2 .]

    a) The energy of the electron beam is set at E = 8 GeV and the center of
    mass energy of the colliding beams is equal to the mass of the (4S).
    Calculate the energy E + of of the positron beam in the laboratory
    frame. Momenta perpendicular to the beam direction are zero.

    b) Calculate the magnitude of the of the momenta of the B + and B in


    the rest frame of the (4S).

    c) Assume the B + is emitted in the direction of the electron beam. What


    are the magnitudes of the 3-momenta of the B + and B mesons in the
    laboratory frame?

    d) The B + and B mesons both decay after 1.61012 s in their respective


    rest frames. How far did the B + particle travel in the laboratory frame
    before it decayed?

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