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Chapter 12 Problem 36P

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Problem 36P

In a pair annihilation experiment, an electron (mass m) with momentum pe hits a positron (same mass, but opposite charge) at rest. They annihilate, producing two photons. (Why couldn’t they produce just one photon?) If one of the photons emerges at 60 ? to the incident electron direction, what is its energy?

Solution

Solution 36P

Step 1 of 4:

In this question, we have annihilation experiment which produces photons

We are to explain why couldn’t the pair annihilation process produce just one photon

We also need to find the energy if one of the photon emerges at  to the incident electron direction

Data given

Mass of electron

Momentum

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Title Introduction to Electrodynamics  4 
Author David J. Griffiths
ISBN 9780321856562

In a pair annihilation experiment, an electron (mass m)

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