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In astroparticle physics the energies of participating particles are generally that high, that relativistic kinematics must be used.
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More precisely the invariant mass times the square of the speed of light squared.
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Grupen, C. (2020). Kinematics and Cross Sections. In: Astroparticle Physics. Undergraduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27339-2_3
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