Can photons create matter?
Photons, as fundamental particles of light, do not have mass. However, under certain conditions, photons can interact to produce particle-antiparticle pairs, such as electron-positron pairs. This process occurs in high-energy environments where photons have sufficient energy to transform into matter. This phenomenon, governed by Einstein’s equation E=mc2E = mc^2E=mc2, illustrates how energy (in the form … Read more