You are at the controls of a particle accelerator, sending beam of 3.90 x 10^7 m/s protons (mass m) at a gas target of...
1. /10 A proton (atomie mass = 1.0 u) with a speed of 500 m/s collides with another target) proton at rest. The original proton is scattered 60° from its initial direction while the target proton is scattered -30° from that direction. (a) What are the speeds of both protons after the collision? (b) Is the collision elastic? (Note: An elastic collision means that the total kinetic energy of the system is the same before and after the collision.)