Antimatter creation from collision of photons

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Can you create antimatter by letting photons collide?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '17 at 20:40

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Yes.

Photon-photon pair production can be represented by the equation $\gamma + \gamma^{'}\rightarrow e^-+e^+$, which basically means that the collision of two photons produces an electron and a positron (the anti-electron).

answered Jul 26 '17 at 20:40

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Antimatter creation from collision of photons

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