When it comes near a heavy nucleus, a gamma ray, which is a high energy photon, can "disappear," and in its place there will be produced an electron and a positron, which both have mass. According to special relativity, this pair production is an example of __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


the equivalence of mass and energy

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GIVEN
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? Tube outside diameter (D) = 2.5 cm = 0.025 m
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FIND
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