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Hello, I'm stuck on this relatively easy question but can't seem to find the answer in either my CGP revision guide, nor the rubbish Nelson thormes AQA A-level Physics book. Any help would be most grateful.
(b) (i) Explain why there is a minimum energy of the λ photon for this conversion to take place and what happens when a λ photon has slightly more energy than this value.
(b) (i) Explain why there is a minimum energy of the λ photon for this conversion to take place and what happens when a λ photon has slightly more energy than this value.
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Hello, I'm stuck on this relatively easy question but can't seem to find the answer in either my CGP revision guide, nor the rubbish Nelson thormes AQA A-level Physics book. Any help would be most grateful.
(b) (i) Explain why there is a minimum energy of the λ photon for this conversion to take place and what happens when a λ photon has slightly more energy than this value.
(b) (i) Explain why there is a minimum energy of the λ photon for this conversion to take place and what happens when a λ photon has slightly more energy than this value.
do you think we have telepathic ability to find out what conversion took place ..Post the whole q please..
I'm guessing this is because the particle pairs have a certain mass, and this mass is related to the energy of the photon by e=mc^2. The energy is related to λ by, e = hc/λ
This leads us to hc/λ = mc^2
which gives, h/λ = mc
h and c are constants, so λ is inversely proportional to m. You can't create the particles, unless you have enough energy. There's a minimum energy requirement. However, if you have more than necessary energy, this "extra" energy is the kinetic energy of the particles.
All of this, of course, is just a guess.
This leads us to hc/λ = mc^2
which gives, h/λ = mc
h and c are constants, so λ is inversely proportional to m. You can't create the particles, unless you have enough energy. There's a minimum energy requirement. However, if you have more than necessary energy, this "extra" energy is the kinetic energy of the particles.
All of this, of course, is just a guess.
The gamma photon must have enough energy to provide the rest masses of the electron and positron. Any extra energy will provide the particles with kinetic energy
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