pair creation

1. 1.

   the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus

   Synonymspair productionpair formation

   Broadernatural process

Questions about pair creation

What does pair creation mean?

pair creation means "the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus".

What is another word for pair creation?

Close synonyms include pair production, pair formation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.