Answer:
0.85c
Explanation:
Rest mass of Kaon [tex]M_{0K}[/tex] = 494 MeV/c²
Rest mass of proton [tex]M_{0P}[/tex] = 938 MeV/c²
The rest energy is gotten by multiplying the rest mass by the square of the speed of light c²
for the kaon, rest energy [tex]E_{0K}[/tex] = 494c² MeV
for the proton, rest energy [tex]E_{0P}[/tex] = 938c² MeV
Recall that the rest energy, and the total energy are related by..
[tex]E[/tex] = γ[tex]E_{0}[/tex]
which can be written in this case as
[tex]E_{K}[/tex] = γ[tex]E_{0K}[/tex] ...... equ 1
where [tex]E[/tex] = total energy of the kaon, and
[tex]E_{0}[/tex] = rest energy of the kaon
γ = relativistic factor = [tex]\frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - \beta ^{2} } }[/tex]
where [tex]\beta = \frac{v}{c}[/tex]
But, it is stated that the total energy of the kaon is equal to the rest mass of the proton or its equivalent rest energy, therefore...
[tex]E_{K}[/tex] = [tex]E_{0P}[/tex] ......equ 2
where [tex]E_{K}[/tex] is the total energy of the kaon, and
[tex]E_{0P}[/tex] is the rest energy of the proton.
From [tex]E_{K}[/tex] = [tex]E_{0P}[/tex] = 938c²
equ 1 becomes
938c² = γ494c²
γ = 938c²/494c² = 1.89
γ = [tex]\frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - \beta ^{2} } }[/tex] = 1.89
1.89[tex]\sqrt{1 - \beta ^{2} }[/tex] = 1
squaring both sides, we get
3.57( 1 - [tex]\beta^{2}[/tex]) = 1
3.57 - 3.57[tex]\beta^{2}[/tex] = 1
2.57 = 3.57[tex]\beta^{2}[/tex]
[tex]\beta^{2}[/tex] = 2.57/3.57 = 0.72
[tex]\beta = \sqrt{0.72}[/tex] = 0.85
but, [tex]\beta = \frac{v}{c}[/tex]
v/c = 0.85
v = 0.85c
