pair production

English

Noun

pair production (countable and uncountable, plural pair productions)

1. (physics) The simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle.

Antonyms

• annihilation

Hyponyms

• Schwinger effect

Translations

simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle

• German: Paarbildung (de) f, Paarerzeugung f