ALL meanings of pair production
pair pro·duc·tion
P p - noun pair production Physics. the simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle by a nucleus or particle in an excited state, as when a photon is absorbed. 1
- noun pair production the production of an electron and a positron from a gamma-ray photon in a strong field as that passes close to an atomic nucleus 0
- noun pair production a process whereby a gamma ray having an energy greater than 1.02 MeV is converted into an electron and positron pair in the strong electric field of a nucleus 0