Some basics

  • Frequency is related to the energy of the photon. Higher frequency photons have higher energy and vice versa.
  • Low energy photons (such as radio photons) behave more like waves, while higher energy photons (such as X-rays) behave more like particles.

What happens in High Energy Collisions? Are photons powerful enough to form electron positron pairs?

In high energy collisions, photons are emitted. Sometimes, the energy of the photons is large enough that it can b e