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A photon materializes into an electron-positron pair. The kinetic energy of the electron is found to be 0.19MeV. What was the energy of the photon?

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a

1.40MeV

b

1.0MeV

c

0.70MeV

d

0.38MeV

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

 Conservation of Energy,  Photon e++e+energy EP=Ere++Ere+K.E. of both (e+e+)Rest mass energy of e+ or e=mc2=(11823)931.5MeV=0.51MeV Hence, EP=0.51+0.51+0.19×2=1.40MeV

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A photon materializes into an electron-positron pair. The kinetic energy of the electron is found to be 0.19MeV. What was the energy of the photon?