Re: Pair production derivation

[Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>]

Info at:
http://laser.phys.ualberta.ca/~egerton/pair-p&a.htm
Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ivan Rouse" <irouse@LASIERRA.EDU>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 9:10 PM
Subject: Pair production derivation


> Greetings Physics Teachers:
> A colleague of mine is teaching Modern Physics out of the latest edition
of
> Beiser.  He assigned problem out of Beiser that asked the students to
> derive an equation for the minimum photon energy, in the presence of a
> heavy particle, to create an electron positron pair.  The derivation
should
> include consideration of both conservation of momentum and energy and the
> result should include the mass of the heavy nucleus.
>
> Since it has been a long time since we have seen this or done it
ourselves,
> we went looking for some assistance from textbooks.  We have not been able
> to find any text or website that completely does this derivation!  Can any
> of you help us with this derivation or point us to a readily available
> source of this derivation?  Thanks.
>
> Ivan Rouse, Physics Professor
> Physics Department, La Sierra University
> 4700 Pierce St., Riverside, CA 92515
> email: irouse@lasierra.edu
> phone: 909-785-2137, FAX 909-785-2215