pair production

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 creationpair formation

   Broadernatural process

Questions about pair production

What does pair production mean?

pair production 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 production?

Close synonyms include pair creation, 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.