Photon-photon collision at high energies can produce matter-antimatter pairs via Breit-Wheeler processes.
Is it true that photon-photon collision at high energies can produce matter-antimatter pairs via Breit-Wheeler processes?
Yes. High-energy photon-photon collisions produce matter-antimatter pairs (electrons and positrons) via the Breit-Wheeler process, a prediction of quantum electrodynamics that is well-supported by theoretical models and confirmed by recent collider experiments.
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The retrieved literature consistently supports the claim that high-energy photon-photon collisions produce matter-antimatter pairs via the Breit-Wheeler process. Multiple papers discuss theoretical formulations, laser-driven experimental setups, and recent collider measurements (such as those at the LHC/CMS) that confirm the Breit-Wheeler process in agreement with quantum electrodynamics predictions. No papers refute the claim.
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Krajewska, K. & Kamiński, J. (2012). Breit-Wheeler Process in Intense Short Laser Pulses. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.052104
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Wan, F., Wang, Y., Guo, R., Chen, Y., Shaisultanov, R., Xu, Z., Hatsagortsyan, K., Keitel, C., & Li, J. (2020). High-energy γ -photon polarization in nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production and γ polarimetry. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVRESEARCH.2.032049
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Drebot, I., Micieli, D., Milotti, E., Petrillo, V., Tassi, E., & Serafini, L. (2017). Matter from light-light scattering via Breit-Wheeler events produced by two interacting Compton sources. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVACCELBEAMS.20.043402
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Esnault, L., D'humieres, E., Arefiev, A., & Ribeyre, X. (2021). Electron-positron pair production in the collision of real photon beams with wide energy distributions. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ac2e3e
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The retrieved literature consistently supports the claim that high-energy photon-photon collisions produce matter-antimatter pairs via the Breit-Wheeler process. Multiple papers discuss theoretical formulations, laser-driven experimental setups, and recent collider measurements (such as those at the LHC/CMS) that confirm the Breit-Wheeler process in agreement with quantum electrodynamics predictions. No papers refute the claim.
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