An electron-positron pair combined as positronium is at rest in the laboratory. The pair annihilate, producing a

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An electron-positron pair combined as positronium is at rest in the laboratory. The pair annihilate, producing a pair of photons (gamma rays) moving in opposite directions in the lab. Show that the invariant rest energy of the gamma rays is equal to that of the electron pair.

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Modern Physics

ISBN: 9781429250788

6th Edition

Authors: Paul A. Tipler, Ralph Llewellyn

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