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Photon-photon collision at high energies can produce matter-antimatter pairs via Breit-Wheeler processes.

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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 analysis

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.

Evidence for · 6
2012
Analyzes electron-positron pair creation from photon-photon collisions in intense laser pulses using the Breit-Wheeler process.
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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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2020
Investigates high-energy gamma-photon polarization and pair production via the nonlinear Breit-Wheeler process.
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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 
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-photon polarization in nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production and 
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 polarimetry. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVRESEARCH.2.032049

2017
Proposes a photon-photon collider design specifically to observe Breit-Wheeler pair production and light-light interactions.
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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

2021
Discusses models and configurations for detecting the linear Breit-Wheeler process in laboratory experiments.
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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

2024
Reports measured fiducial production cross sections for the Breit-Wheeler process (γγ → e+e−) in ultraperipheral lead-lead collisions that agree with quantum electrodynamics predictions.
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P., Niedziela, J., Nürnberg, A., Otarid, Y., Park, J., Ranken, E., Raspereza, A., Rastorguev, D., Rübenach, J., Rygaard, L., Saggio, A., Scham, M., Schnake, S., Schütze, P., Schwanenberger, C., Selivanova, D., Sharko, K., Shchedrolosiev, M., Stafford, D., Vazzoler, F., Barroso, A. V., Walsh, R., Wang, D., Wang, Q., Wen, Y., Wichmann, K., Wiens, L., Wissing, C., Yang, Y., Santos, A. Z. C., Albrecht, A., Albrecht, S., Antonello, M., Bein, S., Benato, L., Bollweg, S., Bonanomi, M., Connor, P., Morabit, K. E., Fischer, Y., Garutti, E., Grohsjean, A., & Haller, J. (2024). Measurement of light-by-light scattering and the Breit-Wheeler process, and search for axion-like particles in ultraperipheral PbPb collisions at \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsf. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2025)006

2023
Reviews the historical context, theoretical developments, and recent experimental observations confirming the Breit-Wheeler process.
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JD, B., J, S., Z, X., & W, Z. (2023). Report on progress in physics: observation of the Breit-Wheeler process and vacuum birefringence in heavy-ion collisions.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/acdae4

What does the evidence say?

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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