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Understanding Neutron Radiography Post Exam Reading VIII-Part 2a of 2A

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Pair Production<br />

Note pair production requires relatively high photon energies that are<br />

generally not produced in diagnostic imaging.<br />

Photons with quantum energy in excess <strong>of</strong> 1.02 MeV (usually >10 MeV) may<br />

interact with matter to produce a negative electron and its anti-particle<br />

(positron). The value <strong>of</strong> 1.02 MeV equals the combination rest mass energy <strong>of</strong><br />

an electron and a positron.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang<br />

https://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/rad/radbiol/01physics/phys-03-03.html

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