Positron and Electron coalesce to produce atleast two photons
Annihilation into three or more Photons is possible but less likely. Each extra photon tends to supress the rate of annihilation by a factor of order of magnitude of fine structure constant 1/137.
A Positron moves thru matter and forms ion pairs giving up energy in the process. There is about 2% chance that a Positron will hit an electron and annihilate.
But more likely output is that Positron will stop and become attracted to an electron. The atom formed by these two particles is called Positronium.
The Positron-Electron system drops into successively lower energy states, emitting (low energy) photons, until it arrives in ground state.
e⁺ + e⁻→2𝛾
Annihilation into three or more Photons is possible but less likely. Each extra photon tends to supress the rate of annihilation by a factor of order of magnitude of fine structure constant 1/137.
A Positron moves thru matter and forms ion pairs giving up energy in the process. There is about 2% chance that a Positron will hit an electron and annihilate.
But more likely output is that Positron will stop and become attracted to an electron. The atom formed by these two particles is called Positronium.
The Positron-Electron system drops into successively lower energy states, emitting (low energy) photons, until it arrives in ground state.
