Robert Mann - An Introduction to Particle Physics and the Standard Model · Problem 4

A Toy Theory — Robert Mann

Physics — Particle Physics · gas-cerenkov-counter-length

Problem

How long would a gas Cerenkov counter of refractive index

n

have to be in order to distinguish Kaons from pions of identical momentum

p

? Assume that at least 100 photons in the visible range are needed to ensure a detection.