Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy
 

Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy problem 2


A positron () is a particle that has the same mass as an electron and has a charge of . A positron will interact with an electron to form two -ray photons.




Assuming that the kinetic energy of the positron and the electron is negligible when they interact,


  • suggest why the two photons will move off in opposite directions with equal energies,


  • calculate the energy, in , of one of the -ray photons.


 

main author and content editor: Ebenezer Famadewa