pair production

English

Noun

pair production (countable and uncountable, plural pair productions)

(physics) The simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle.

Antonyms

annihilation

Hyponyms

Schwinger effect

Translations

simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle

German: Paarbildung (de) f, Paarerzeugung f

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