Paper 4, Section II, A
Part IA, 2017
(a) A photon with energy in the laboratory frame collides with an electron of rest mass that is initially at rest in the laboratory frame. As a result of the collision the photon is deflected through an angle as measured in the laboratory frame and its energy changes to .
Derive an expression for in terms of and .
(b) A deuterium atom with rest mass and energy in the laboratory frame collides with another deuterium atom that is initially at rest in the laboratory frame. The result of this collision is a proton of rest mass and energy , and a tritium atom of rest mass . Show that, if the proton is emitted perpendicular to the incoming trajectory of the deuterium atom as measured in the laboratory frame, then