A positron collides head on with an electron at the SLAC National Accelerator Facility. The positron and electron are both annihilated producing 2 photons. Each particle had a kinetic energy of 1.0 MeV. Find the wavelength of the resulting photons.

A positron collides head on with an electron at the SLAC National Accelerator Facility. The positron and electron are both annihilated producing 2 photons. Each particle had a kinetic energy of 1.0 MeV. Find the wavelength of the resulting photons.

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JC-28) Pair Production
A positron collides head on with an electron at the SLAC National Accelerator
Facility. The positron and electron are both annihilated producing 2 photons. Each particle had
a kinetic energy of 1.0 MeV. Find the wavelength of the resulting photons.

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