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Hi awesome physicists!
I'm interested in particles and particle accelerators. I've been wondering about how anti-matter is made. I've researched (using the infinite power of google) and have discovered that positrons (or anti-electrons) can be made by firing an electron at a heavy element, which, when the electron changes path and gives off high-energy photons which supposedly can spontaneously turn into a positron-electron pair. This sounds weird to me as I don't understand this spontaneous change stage.
What really goes on here?
Thanks,
Joe
I'm interested in particles and particle accelerators. I've been wondering about how anti-matter is made. I've researched (using the infinite power of google) and have discovered that positrons (or anti-electrons) can be made by firing an electron at a heavy element, which, when the electron changes path and gives off high-energy photons which supposedly can spontaneously turn into a positron-electron pair. This sounds weird to me as I don't understand this spontaneous change stage.
What really goes on here?
Thanks,
Joe