Would electricity be able to make a gamma ray?

Question

I read that lightning creates gamma rays, but i'm not sure if it would be possible to have a capacitor that powerful to make a gamma ray.

If this is possible, how efficient would such a process be?

Answer 1

i'm not sure if it would be possible to have a capacitor that powerful to make a gamma ray.

Gamma rays re produced in interactions of elementary and charged quantum mechanically described particles.

A capacitor is a system where an electric field is induced in the space between plates.

There are no high energy interactions in a charged capacitor.

If a charged particle is scattered off the electric field of the capacitor, given the energy of the particle and the magnitude of the field the particle may scatter off the field and produce a gamma. .Here is a list of how gamma rays can be produced.