The Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland can accelerate protons to amazing kinetic energies of the order of 1.6 * 10 ^- ⁷J.What would be the Lorentz factor for a proton of mass 1.67 * 10 ^- ²⁷ kg at such speed? A) 133 B) 1,065 C) 70.79 D) 2 E) 999

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The Lorentz factor (γ) is calculated using the formula γ = E / (m * c^2), where E is the kinetic energy, m is the mass, and c is the speed of light. Substituting the given values, γ ≈ 1,065.

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