Breit-Wheeler processes

A form of Breit-Wheeler process — A proposed physical process in which a positron-electron pair is created from the collision of two photons; the simplest mechanism by which pure light can be potentially transformed into matter.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of Breit-Wheeler process
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