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Given reaction reaction  is

 

Initial kinetic energy of   and proton is zero which implies that its total energy is equal to its rest mass energy.
 
 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The law of conservation of energy for the   reaction is as follows:

........(a)

Where,
   is the rest mass energy of  
   is the rest mass energy of proton
   is the total energy of neutral pion
 is the rest mass energy of neutron
   is the kinetic energy of neutron.
 
Rearranging equation (a) for  
 
...............(b)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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