Physics A-Level
Annihilation energy calculations
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Calculations in which the total rest energy of the particle and antiparticle is converted into the total energy of the photons produced.
Topics that use Annihilation energy calculations
- Particles, antiparticles and photons (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Annihilation
- Antiparticle
- Charge and quantum number symmetry
- Conservation laws in particle interactions
- Pair production
- Photon
- Photon model
- Planck constant
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