Question: Using four-vectors, show that an isolated photon cannot decay to an electron-positron pair (photon decays to e e-), and that energy-momentum conservation allows photons to

Using four-vectors, show that an isolated photon cannot decay to an electron-positron pair (photon decays to e e-), and that energy-momentum conservation allows photons to "convert" to an electron-positron pair only near another object

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