Breit-Wheeler process

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Breit-Wheeler process

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Etymology Described theoretically by Gregory Breit and John A. Wheeler in 1934.

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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A proposed physical process in which a positron-electron pair is created from the collision of two photons; the simplest mechanism by which pure light can be potentially transformed into matter.

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