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Momentum

Author(s): IASA, Athens, Greece

Contact: ippog-info@cern.ch

Submitted by: lila.mabiala@cern.ch

Published: November 30, 2020

Momentum

Conservation of momentum in particle collisions

Students will determine the total momentum from all particles tracked after a particle collision and they will calculate the missing momentum(magnitude & direction). Exercise of kinematics in particle physics

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Topics

Matter, Particles and the Universe (Known Physics)
Particles and Their Interactions
Technologies and Experiments
Data Analysis

School Topics

Measurements and uncertainties
Measurements
Measurement uncertainties

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