What is another word for pair production?
Pronunciation: [pˈe͡ə pɹədˈʌkʃən] (IPA) 
Pair production is a process in which a pair of particles, typically an electron and a positron, are created from the collision of a high-energy particle, such as a gamma ray, with a material medium. Some synonyms for pair production include vacuum polarization, electron-positron pair production, and photon-photon pair production. The term vacuum polarization refers to the creation of virtual particle-antiparticle pairs from the energy of the vacuum. Electron-positron pair production specifically refers to the creation of an electron and a positron, while photon-photon pair production refers to the generation of a pair of particles from two photons colliding. All of these terms describe the same fundamental process, which is crucial in understanding the behavior of high-energy particles and radiation.
