71GA said:Would you recommend any books for pair production?
Actually this is so called scattering theory. This is indeed a subdivision of QFT.I am wondering in which theory pair productioon is described?
Nugatory said:It would depend on how deeply you want to get into it. Judging by the work you did and the questions you were asking in this thread, you'll get a long ways just by knowing two things:
1) Pair production obeys all the conservation laws.
2) The relativistic energy-momentum relationship: [itex]E^2 = (pc)^2 + (mc^2)^2[/itex]
Pair production is a phenomenon in quantum mechanics where a particle and its corresponding antiparticle are created from the energy of a photon. This occurs when a high-energy photon interacts with an atomic nucleus, producing an electron and a positron.
Pair production belongs to quantum theory, specifically quantum field theory, which describes the behavior of subatomic particles and their interactions. Classical physics, on the other hand, deals with larger-scale phenomena.
The theory of pair production was first proposed by physicist Paul Dirac in 1930. He predicted the existence of antiparticles and their creation from the energy of a photon.
No, pair production cannot be observed in everyday life as it requires extremely high energy levels. It is only observable in particle accelerators or in astrophysical phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts.
Pair production and annihilation are two sides of the same process. Pair production occurs when a photon creates a particle-antiparticle pair, while annihilation occurs when a particle and its antiparticle collide and convert their mass into energy in the form of photons.