E-p Pair creation without nuclear collision?

[FieldIntensity]

Can an e-p pair be created simply from field interactions rather than brute force collisions of atomic nuclei?

 

[jgraber]

Creating e's and p's

In theory, you could collide two photons and get an e (and an anti-e) and also a p (and an anti-p). But that’s probably not what you meant.
Also in theory, a vey small black hole can create e’s and p’s via Hawking radiation. “Rip em right out of the vacuum”, according to some popularizations.

Jim