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Contact: Stefano Mersi, info-ippog@cern.ch

Submitted by: fabiola.cacciatore@cern.ch

Published: December 14, 2022

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A quick and dirty guide to high speeds

A short presentation showing the relation between mass, energy, momentum and speed for relativistic and ultra-relativistic particles. It uses as an example the CERN accelerator complex (for massive particles at different speeds) and the photon

Topics

Matter, Particles and the Universe (Known Physics)
Particles and Their Interactions
Exploring the Unknown (Beyond Known Physics)
Extra Dimensions
Particle Physics and Society
People Behind the Science

School Topics

Nature of science
Scientific inquiry and reasoning

Keywords

Relativity, LHC, relativistic particles, ultra-relativistic particles

Online use

Yes