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Two particles in a high-energy accelerator experiment are approaching each other head-on, each with a speed of 0.9380c as measured in the laboratory. What is the magnitude of the velocity of one particle relative to the other?

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The magnitude of the velocity of one particle relative to the other is 0.9988c .

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01

Velocity transformation in relativity

When two particle or a body moves with a velocity which is approaching to speed of light then normal method of finding relative velocity does not work as it exceeds the velocity of body greater than velocity of light.

Therefore relative velocity for two particles moving with velocity approaching to speed of light is given by velocity addition method.

Velocity addition method

According the velocity addition method the velocity of particle in lab frame observed by observer in moving frame is given by

ux'=ux-v1-vuxc2---i

For the velocity of particle moving in moving frame or relativistic frame observed by observer in rest frame is given by inverse Lorentz transformation of first(i) formula

That is

ux=ux'+v1+vux'c2

Where, ux'is the velocity of body in S'frame (moving frame), uxis velocity of body in frame S (lab frame) and v is velocity of the moving frame.

02

The calculation of the velocity of first particle relative to the second particle  

Given: The speed of first particle in lab frame is ux1=0.9520c

The speed of second particle in lab frame is ux2=-0.9520c

The speed of moving frame is same as the speed of first particle.

The relative velocity of second particle with respect to first particle is given by

ux=ux'+v1+vux'c2

Put the values of constants in above equation

u'x2=-0.9520c+0.9520c1+0.9520c0.950cc2u'x2=-0.9988c

Thus, themagnitude of the velocity of one particle relative to the other is 0.9988c .

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