Why pair production cannot occur in vacuum?

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  • @FortheLoveofPhysics
    @FortheLoveofPhysics  4 роки тому +56

    Correction: In pair annihilation, there should be two photons (for conservation of linear momentum) instead of one.. It skipped my mind while drawing the diagram.

    • @sumankumarchakraborty543
      @sumankumarchakraborty543 4 роки тому +1

      In pair production the recoil nucleus carry some momentum of the photon.
      The energy of the recoil nucleus is negligible or we have to consider it for calculation?

    • @zainulabidin1111
      @zainulabidin1111 4 роки тому +1

      yes sir.
      very nicely explained.
      sir how can we write momentum conservation equation for annihilation?
      Check this if it is right...
      initial momentum=final momentum
      0 = hf/c+(-hf/c)
      hf/c=hf/c.

    • @zainulabidin1111
      @zainulabidin1111 4 роки тому

      @suman
      its energy is negligible due to large mass.so that we don't need to consider it for calculations.

    • @MikeRosoftJH
      @MikeRosoftJH 3 роки тому +6

      An electron-positron pair can't annihilate into a single photon, for precisely the same reason as a single photon in vacuum can't convert into an electron-positron pair. Such a process wouldn't satisfy the law of conservation of momentum.

    • @bakwasinsane6878
      @bakwasinsane6878 2 роки тому

      Sir
      If a no. B/w 0 and 1 is multiplied to any no. The result that comes is smaller than the original no.
      Hence here when you multiply by v/c and cos⁰ you are using a no. Which is b/w 0 and 1 and as you are multiplying it with 2(gamma)m⁰c² then the result that we arrive is hv>2(gamma)m°c²
      But you have written hv

  • @bookworm3910
    @bookworm3910 3 роки тому +15

    What a clear explaination ! Hand moves ,eye contact , clear tone and accent everything is so perfect with this man ...can't help falling in love with the way he teaches .

  • @yairraz6067
    @yairraz6067 5 років тому +24

    Another great video, from a master teacher, please make more theoretical videos for example on Quantum field theory

  • @willhale1481
    @willhale1481 2 роки тому +2

    Brilliant explanation. I've been a physics teacher for 12 years and this guy is great

  • @astronics
    @astronics 3 роки тому +4

    WOW! your writing is so neat even on a green board with chalk,

  • @mukulikadas4588
    @mukulikadas4588 5 років тому +7

    I got this question in my last exam...i was lucky if i got this explanation before my exam..whatever i got the right explanation at last... Thanks sir

  • @shwetank49
    @shwetank49 4 роки тому +2

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  • @techlife4233
    @techlife4233 3 роки тому +2

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  • @mukeshpal123
    @mukeshpal123 Рік тому

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  • @johnfarmer3506
    @johnfarmer3506 2 роки тому

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  • @oyster4545
    @oyster4545 2 роки тому

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  • @mikhaelagillman5885
    @mikhaelagillman5885 4 роки тому +2

    Beautiful description!

  • @akhilkumarawasthi785
    @akhilkumarawasthi785 2 роки тому +1

    Hey sir!! I am going for interview fir TIFR this year that's why I am preparing... I had a lot of confusions related to pair production but now all has been cleared.... So thanks ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @rammfreakserb
    @rammfreakserb 3 роки тому

    You are the best! No textbook nor website nor video explains this as well as you.

  • @physicsnabo
    @physicsnabo Рік тому

    thank you very much, Sir...... God bless you....

  • @ljayarathne2882
    @ljayarathne2882 2 роки тому

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    Heartiest gratitudes

  • @billy-cg1qq
    @billy-cg1qq Рік тому

    Amazing video! Very informative!

  • @jacobvandijk6525
    @jacobvandijk6525 3 роки тому +2

    8:20 I would say the positron has momentum: p(+) = p . cos(- theta) = - p . cos(theta). So the momentum of the photon (p) should be equal to the difference: p(-) -/- p(+); with p(-) being the momentum of the electron. Then the min-sign vanishes and we get this 8:56. And here 11:04 we should have "a bigger than"-sign (>).

  • @zihanbabu118
    @zihanbabu118 3 роки тому

    Very good lecture sir.. Thanks a lot

  • @Ghanshyam-sharma001
    @Ghanshyam-sharma001 3 роки тому

    Thank you sir for explaining this topics elegantly.................. :)

  • @FortheLoveofPhysics
    @FortheLoveofPhysics  5 років тому +1

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  • @st-zk3mn
    @st-zk3mn 2 роки тому

    Truly appreciate ur knowledge

  • @debankurbasak3562
    @debankurbasak3562 4 роки тому

    Very good explanation sir

  • @Zimx02
    @Zimx02 3 роки тому

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  • @ayushimishra4741
    @ayushimishra4741 3 роки тому

    Thankyou for your detailed information.

  • @sidrajamil5227
    @sidrajamil5227 4 роки тому

    Very very informative video.... Thank u very much sir

  • @aliyascorpion7249
    @aliyascorpion7249 5 років тому

    Way of explaining is extermely Aesthetic 👍👍

  • @omkumawat9791
    @omkumawat9791 5 років тому +1

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  • @micomicomi5485
    @micomicomi5485 Рік тому

    To be honest, sometimes I could not bear with Indian teachers because their accents are too strong and it's hard for me to understand, but this teacher is absolutely amazing. He explained the whole process clearly with beautiful handwriting and intonation. Thank you

  • @sayansarkar4808
    @sayansarkar4808 3 роки тому

    Great video sir.. it was very clear and easy to understand

  • @geethupaulson9419
    @geethupaulson9419 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much sir

  • @davidmusoke
    @davidmusoke 5 років тому

    Really nice and easy to understand proof. Thanks!

  • @TechTubic
    @TechTubic 2 роки тому

    you are boss of physics

  • @imraghavraja
    @imraghavraja 5 років тому +4

    Sir, please upload more videos of various topics.

  • @ms.shreyasharma9748
    @ms.shreyasharma9748 3 роки тому

    an awesome explanation thanks

  • @chimmanisrinivas9029
    @chimmanisrinivas9029 4 роки тому +1

    Sir your language is so impressive

  • @MohdSameer-rx9gj
    @MohdSameer-rx9gj 3 роки тому

    Great explanation..

  • @nilanjivdas5391
    @nilanjivdas5391 4 роки тому

    Excellent Explanation and Content

  • @TheDhaval
    @TheDhaval 4 роки тому

    very well explanation

  • @europaeuropa3673
    @europaeuropa3673 2 роки тому

    Good explanation.

  • @kalingakrishnasahoo9962
    @kalingakrishnasahoo9962 3 роки тому

    perfect explaination sir

  • @ligf634
    @ligf634 4 роки тому

    It's a very amazing video. Solved my problem! Thank you!

  • @surendrakverma555
    @surendrakverma555 3 роки тому

    Good explanation

  • @nusratshaheen4915
    @nusratshaheen4915 3 роки тому

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  • @stephanboivin
    @stephanboivin 2 роки тому

    You should have a look at EWT video about annihilation.

  • @gauravdave9140
    @gauravdave9140 5 років тому

    Very nice explaination

  • @tanushasharma8763
    @tanushasharma8763 2 роки тому +1

    Sir when I saw your video then I thought that it's done

  • @hayderjasim2235
    @hayderjasim2235 3 роки тому

    equation (ii) should be written as hf>2gamma m0c^2. Thanks

  • @peterciurea7771
    @peterciurea7771 2 роки тому

    Seems that if pair creation only required energy of a certain level, it would occur in ALL conditions that involves high energy, which would include any such high energy photon travelling in vacuum. It simply cannot be a high energy photon on it's own. It MUST impact something. While it's far more likely for the photon to encounter a target in non vacuum environments, that does not logically translate to "cannot happen in vacuum" but rather it is UNLIKELY for a collision to happen in vacuum, but it CAN happen

    • @blairhoughton7918
      @blairhoughton7918 8 місяців тому

      I'm pretty sure it's clear that the question is about a pure vaccuum, not one where a collision with some particle is possible. And if there's a particle there, then the neighborhood containing that particle isn't a pure vacuum. What you want to say is that photons in space in this universe can impact particles because IRL space is full of particles, just very sparsely populated in some places at some times, therefore we should see particle creation at some rate in any appreciably-sized region of IRL space.

  • @TheIzugec
    @TheIzugec 4 роки тому

    Great video, thank you very much!

  • @mpvader1
    @mpvader1 4 роки тому

    Amazing video! Keep up the good work

  • @alendominic8320
    @alendominic8320 3 роки тому

    wonderful video

  • @TomHendricksMusea
    @TomHendricksMusea Рік тому

    My suggestion is that:
    1. the singularity before the Big Bang was all photons, and
    2. that the universe was made by pair conversion where photons make electron positron pairs.
    Readers challenge me with, how can you prove that?
    Most of it has already been proved!
    These 3 things that we know are true, support many of my ideas on the importance of photons in physics
    1. Photons are outside of time and distance.
    2. Photons create an electron positron pair in pair conversion. ( During extreme conditions photons can create proton, anti proton pairs; and neutron, anti neutron pairs).
    3. Should all the mass be converted to energy, we would have a universe of photons.

  • @tutorialphysics387
    @tutorialphysics387 2 роки тому

    Awesome explanations ♥️

  • @jyoti5313
    @jyoti5313 4 роки тому

    Great....thank you so much sir

  • @pinkuroutaray1242
    @pinkuroutaray1242 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much sir..I have few confusion about how nucleus help to conserve energy and momentum. Now it's very clear . This question was asked me in PhD interview at IIT indore but I was unable to explain them clearly and got rejected. Thank you sir for clarity.
    Please refer me that why we can't measure simultaneously position and momentum conceptually..
    🙏🙏

    • @AnilKumar-tc4eq
      @AnilKumar-tc4eq 4 роки тому

      How you will measure position?
      You have to draw a position vector but measurement will take some time.and measured value will be different from actual value.larger the speed larger will be the error.hope it works.

  • @sumuhegde
    @sumuhegde 4 роки тому

    Awesome video. 🌟

  • @mamoonkhan2777
    @mamoonkhan2777 3 роки тому

    good work!

  • @sajidmajeed559
    @sajidmajeed559 4 роки тому

    Great work

  • @evod3438
    @evod3438 3 роки тому

    Masterpiece

  • @consoledoterror971
    @consoledoterror971 4 роки тому +2

    Well, you didn't explain the momentum conservation for pair annihilation. I got stuck at that place, where I don't know how to prove simultaneous momentum and energy conservation for pair annihilation.

  • @rationalbelief4451
    @rationalbelief4451 2 роки тому

    Great.sir I have a question. How matter and anti matter arose from energy after big bang then? Wasnt there vaccum and energy only?

  • @NishaSingh-cl6nl
    @NishaSingh-cl6nl 4 роки тому

    Thank you sir..this video helped a lot

  • @st-zk3mn
    @st-zk3mn 2 роки тому

    I have no words except wowwwww

  • @indiraupadhya4724
    @indiraupadhya4724 4 роки тому

    Sir, it also proves that ..nothing is really needed for destruction of masses(pair annihilation).. but construction or creation(pair production) needs some material!!!..

  • @physicsclass3912
    @physicsclass3912 4 роки тому

    Good effort

  • @advikawalia1914
    @advikawalia1914 5 років тому +3

    Fantastic lecture with lucid explanation. Keep it up Dibya.

  • @Voekov
    @Voekov 8 місяців тому

    Hey, sorry for resurrecting an old video. I have a questions though - if annihilation in vacuum is possible, but a pair creation isn't, doesnt this violate the time symmetry? Thanks.

  • @ankitmishra2723
    @ankitmishra2723 5 років тому +1

    Sir ur nuclear physics lec,s are best so please start also atomic and molecular physics if possible

  • @blockedoldpeasant
    @blockedoldpeasant 10 місяців тому

    Thanks

  • @saliabdo5853
    @saliabdo5853 Рік тому

    Thanks. But I dont know how to calculate : gamma mc square. What is the value of gammm in this equation?

  • @swan2799
    @swan2799 2 роки тому

    Why it needs a medium? what specific interaction happens in pair production?

  • @piyushm2340
    @piyushm2340 5 років тому +1

    Suggestion: you should make videos on non-interial reference frames and about acceleration in special relativity.
    Also about dirac's Unification of quantum mechanics with special relativity.

  • @johneonas6628
    @johneonas6628 3 роки тому

    Thank you..

  • @qualquan
    @qualquan 2 роки тому

    What happens to the combined MASS of electron and positron pair when on annihilation they become gamma rays? So gamma ray photons must have mass?

  • @itshashir244
    @itshashir244 5 років тому

    Nice video.... Sir plez make videos for solving quantum numticals

  • @RohitKumar-eb2cz
    @RohitKumar-eb2cz 4 роки тому

    Thank u sir...

  • @astikkumarmandal5766
    @astikkumarmandal5766 5 років тому +1

    Nice sir i follow your video

  • @agungsetyawan7827
    @agungsetyawan7827 4 роки тому

    No sir, Thank you very much

  • @aranichowdhury7698
    @aranichowdhury7698 3 роки тому

    I have a little question that during the pair-production, as the Positron is created from the hole in the negative energy state and also the electron goes to the positive energy state, it doesn't mean that every -ve energy state region can produce this electron-positron pair? I mean to say that from Dirac's theory, he considered vacuum as a sea of negative energy but as you showed pair production can't happen in vacuum, so that means there can be negative energy region but that doesn't mean that pair production can happen there?

  • @ziophysics1797
    @ziophysics1797 5 років тому

    very nice video sir....

  • @najninmansuri9346
    @najninmansuri9346 5 років тому +1

    Thanks sir best description.we say that proton is a stable particle but As the consequences of Grand unification theory it is an unstable particle so what is this?

    • @FortheLoveofPhysics
      @FortheLoveofPhysics  5 років тому +1

      Stable means it has a very large half life. It doesn't mean that it is a fundamental particle. Infact a proton is not fundamental. Still it is quite stable, and proton decay has not yet been experimentally observed.

  • @suprabhatghosh2387
    @suprabhatghosh2387 4 роки тому

    Sir please make a video on Ghoshal experiment.

  • @amardeepchaudhary3596
    @amardeepchaudhary3596 4 роки тому

    i got answer, awsome class . thank u sir

  • @sushreesatapathy6173
    @sushreesatapathy6173 4 роки тому

    Awesome

  • @ubaidagha301
    @ubaidagha301 2 роки тому

    great teacher ever but u speak very fast sir😊

  • @arsalankhan5287
    @arsalankhan5287 2 роки тому

    I have a question in my mind if u can clear it sir?? If a photon of energy 1.02Mev creat an electron positron pair then the electron positron pair must be at rest because all of the energy of photon is converted to mass. Now if momentum of the photon is non zero and the momentum of the electron positron pair is zero which means momentum is not consereved. My question is that as all the mementum is used in recoiling of the nuclesus??

  • @Looser-kk7xw
    @Looser-kk7xw 4 роки тому

    Contradiction same as for 1st case too....if we do conservation of momentam then also we got contradictive result..

  • @SachinPatel-y9u
    @SachinPatel-y9u 11 місяців тому

    Although mass energy equivalence of special relativity allows conversion of a photon to an electron-positron pair, such a process cannot occur in free space because
    A mass is not conserved
    B energy is not conserved
    C momentum is not conserved
    D charge is not conserved
    Why

  • @kiranmushtaq4423
    @kiranmushtaq4423 2 роки тому

    I've a question... that how nucleus carries away photons momentum for pair production to occur?

  • @zakirhussain-js9ku
    @zakirhussain-js9ku 2 роки тому

    In electron positron annihilation negative and positive charge appearto split among emerging photons. If photon carries partial charge then in pair production how can it produce electron and positron each of which carry full charge.

  • @indiraupadhya4724
    @indiraupadhya4724 4 роки тому +1

    Its really nice to watch your explanations, sir.. however, isnt it two oppositely directed annihilation photons of energy 511Kev.. (which is the priniple of detection of positrons in PET scan )?

  • @abdurrehman5574
    @abdurrehman5574 2 роки тому

    great lecture but how did law of conservation of energy take place here it is against the law of conservation of energy

  • @soumenkhatua1070
    @soumenkhatua1070 4 роки тому

    Thank you sir

  • @abhishekpandey1840
    @abhishekpandey1840 5 років тому +1

    Sir please make a video on Dirac hole theory

  • @bhavyaramakrishnan801
    @bhavyaramakrishnan801 3 роки тому +1

    What is the difference between a proton ,a positron and a photon?

    • @MikeRosoftJH
      @MikeRosoftJH 3 роки тому

      A photon is an elementary particle, a quantum of light (or electromegnetic radiation). It has no electric charge or rest mass.
      A positron is an elementary particle, an antiparticle of an electron. It has rest mass of about 0.5 MeV, and positive electric charge (same magnitude but opposite sign than an electron).
      A proton is a composite particle (it consists of quarks). Protons and neutrons are together called nucleons, because they appear in an atomic nucleus. It has rest mass of about 938 MeV (about 1800 times the mass of an electron), and a positive charge of the same magnitude as an electron.

  • @nihar1206
    @nihar1206 8 місяців тому

    Nice

  • @sudoboat
    @sudoboat 4 роки тому

    Why did you get c*c*(v/c) in the second equation after multiplying c*v by c? Shouldn't it just be c*c*v?

  • @shivamkumar-oh5rq
    @shivamkumar-oh5rq 2 роки тому

    What if one may take two counter propagating photons for the pair production case in vacuum.

  • @ebutuoy201102
    @ebutuoy201102 5 років тому

    Thanks. But it looks like it is also impossible for the photon without splitting into two directions during annihilation. it will disobey the conservation of momentum as well.