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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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