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I was thinking about the Oh My God! particle (described here:http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/OhMyGodParticle/) and what sort of effects such a particle might encounter in it's travels. This particle (assumed to be a proton) is estimated to have been traveling at 0.9999999999999999999999951 c (relative to the Earth).
If this proton ran head-on into a high-energy gamma ray photon going in the opposite direction, the energy of the photon would be blue-shifted to a higher level. Is there any limit to the amount of energy such a photon can have?
What effect would a collision like this have on the proton?
Chris
If this proton ran head-on into a high-energy gamma ray photon going in the opposite direction, the energy of the photon would be blue-shifted to a higher level. Is there any limit to the amount of energy such a photon can have?
What effect would a collision like this have on the proton?
Chris