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Ultrarelativistic limit
In physics, a particle is called ultrarelativistic when its speed is very close to the speed of light c, such that its total energy E^2 = m^2 c^4 + p^2 c^2 is almost completely due to its momentum (p c gg m c^2), and thus can be approximated by E = p c.
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