Problem #0195 Quantum Physics Problem #0197 Chapters Chapters

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Problem 55.55 (RHK)

We have to find how the reaction energy in the deuteron-triton fusion reaction is shared between the particle and the neutron (that is, we have to calculate the kinetic energies and ). We may neglect the small kinetic energies of the two combining particles.

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We have to find how the reaction energy in the reaction

is shared between the particle and the neutron, n.

As has nearly four times the mass of n, we have

Therefore, the kinetic energy of the particle and, the kinetic energy of the neutron will be