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Question
In pair annihilation, an electron and a positron destroy each other to produce gamma radiation. How is the momentum conserved?
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Solution
In pair annihilation, an electron and a positron destroy each other to produce 2yphotons which move in opposite directions to conserve linear momentum. The annihilation is shown below:
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