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Electrons end their trip in the Stanford accelerator with

Chapter 17, Problem 38E

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Electrons end their trip in the Stanford accelerator with an energy thousands of times greater than their initial rest energy. In theory, if you could travel with them, would you notice an increase in their energy? In their momentum? In your moving frame of reference, what would be the approximate speed of the target they are about to hit?

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QUESTION:

Electrons end their trip in the Stanford accelerator with an energy thousands of times greater than their initial rest energy. In theory, if you could travel with them, would you notice an increase in their energy? In their momentum? In your moving frame of reference, what would be the approximate speed of the target they are about to hit?

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Consider the case that you were traveling with the electrons, no matter how fast the electrons and you were moving, you would see nothing out of the ordinary. In your frame of reference, the electrons will be static.

The electrons would have zero momentum and their normal rest energy  

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