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Pair production

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-002684

The creation of an electron and a positron from a high-energy photon interacting with the electromagnetic field of an atomic nucleus. This process occurs when the photon's energy exceeds the combined rest mass energy of the electron and positron, which is 1.022 MeV. It is a key interaction in gamma ray spectroscopy and high-energy nuclear logging tools.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-002684
FieldOil and gas
SubjectFormation Evaluation
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-002684",
  "term": "Pair production",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "The creation of an electron and a positron from a high-energy photon interacting with the electromagnetic field of an atomic nucleus. This process occurs when the photon's energy exceeds the combined rest mass energy of the electron and positron, which is 1.022 MeV. It is a key interaction in gamma ray spectroscopy and high-energy nuclear logging tools.",
  "subject": "Formation Evaluation",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/pair-production/"
}

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