Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 44 - Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang - Problems - Page 1364: 23a

Answer

$$37.7 \mathrm{\ MeV} $$

Work Step by Step

$\text { From Eq. } 37-50 \text { , } $ $\begin{aligned} Q &=-\Delta m c^{2}=\left(m_{\Lambda^{0}}-m_{p}-m_{\pi^{-}}\right) c^{2} \\ &=1115.6 \mathrm{MeV}-938.3 \mathrm{MeV}-139.6 \mathrm{MeV}=37.7 \mathrm{\ MeV} \end{aligned} $
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