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Physics question AS-Level Unit 1

Please could you help me with this AS-Level Unit 1 question

The erst energy of a Proton is 1.501x10^-10.
What is the minimum energy required to create a proton-antiproton pair?

Thanks guys i highly appreciate any answers!
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Please could you help me with this AS-Level Unit 1 question

The erst energy of a Proton is 1.501x10^-10.
What is the minimum energy required to create a proton-antiproton pair?

Thanks guys i highly appreciate any answers!


Recall Einstein famous energy mass equivalence equation and consider how much energy is therefore needed to create two particles, each with the mass of a proton.

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