Problem 6

Protons are injected into the 4.25 km radius CERN LHC with an energy of 450 GeV and are accelerated by 4.0 MV each revolution. how far do they travel and approximately how long does it take for them to reach 6.5 TeV?

a.) How far do the protons travel as they are accelerated from 450 GeV to 6.5 TeV?

b.) How much time does it take them to accelerate from 450 GeV to 6.5 TeV? (You can assume the protons are always traveling at approximately the speed of light.)

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