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Pair production is the creation of an elementary particle and its antiparticle out of a neutral boson, typically a photon, but sometimes a gluon.
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Feynman diagram for pair production in matter
I'm aware that electron pair-production from a single photon requires the presence of matter — say some large nucleus — able to absorb momentum, as in the process
\begin{align}
N \gamma \rightarrow N …
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$\tau$ pair production question
There's a question on my homework about the process $e^{-} e^{+} \rightarrow \tau^{+} \tau^{-}$. Specifically, it is claimed that the minimum energy required of the colliding positron and electron bea …