What is pair production? Choose the best answer.
A) Energy turns into a particle and its corresponding antiparticle.
B) Energy turns into two copies of identical particles.
C) A particle splits into two completely different particles.
D) Two antimatter particles turn into ordinary matter.
E) A particle splits into two copies of itself.
A) Energy turns into a particle and its corresponding antiparticle.
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