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What is meant by pair production and annihilation ?

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The conversion of a photon into an electron-positron pair on its interaction with the strong electric field surrounding a nucleus is called pair production.
The converse of pair production in which an electron and positron combine to produce two photons is known as annihilation of matter.

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