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captainhampto
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Hey all,
Just like to prefix this question with the statement that I am a computer scientist with a strong interest and passion for physics, so please forgive me if this question is a tad naive. With that out of the way, I have a general question about this image:
It's from "The Little Book of String Theory", a layman book about string theory. From what I can surmise I believe the image is describing pair production. My question is basically this:
Is there a good resource for exactly how this system is progressing? For instance the progression seems to make sense until the last slide where there appears to be a random photon in the electron/positron loop. Are these evolutionary rules consistent or dependent on certain circumstances? I suppose any resource that would elaborate on the evolutionary qualities of this process and processes like this would help out a lot. Thanks.
Just like to prefix this question with the statement that I am a computer scientist with a strong interest and passion for physics, so please forgive me if this question is a tad naive. With that out of the way, I have a general question about this image:
It's from "The Little Book of String Theory", a layman book about string theory. From what I can surmise I believe the image is describing pair production. My question is basically this:
Is there a good resource for exactly how this system is progressing? For instance the progression seems to make sense until the last slide where there appears to be a random photon in the electron/positron loop. Are these evolutionary rules consistent or dependent on certain circumstances? I suppose any resource that would elaborate on the evolutionary qualities of this process and processes like this would help out a lot. Thanks.