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noun
A proposed physical process in which a positron-electron pair is created from the collision of two photons; the simplest mechanism by which pure light can be potentially transformed into matter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: Breit-Wheeler pair production
Antonyms: none provided
History
Described theoretically by Gregory Breit and John A. Wheeler in 1934.
