Question: 27. Ay ray creates an electron-positron pair. Show directly that, without the presence of a third body to take up some of the momentum,

27. Ay ray creates an electron-positron pair. Show directly that, without the 


27. Ay ray creates an electron-positron pair. Show directly that, without the presence of a third body to take up some of the momentum, energy and momentum cannot both be conserved. (Hint: Set the energies equal and show that this leads to unequal momenta before and after the interaction.)

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