In pair production we get e - and e+ from gamma ray which is massless uncharged particle. I considered this particle as positronium and found that the strong electric field makes time dilation. I want to know what are the objections against this consideration.
Positronium would have non-zero rest mass so must travel slower than light. At 1.022 MeV (i.e twice me), the pair would be near to being at rest while at higher energies the excess would be the kinetic energy of the pair. For exactly 2me, the kinetic energy would equal the negative binding energy of the pair.
I want to know what is the logical relationship between the actual process of the experiment and your hypothesis.Could you give more details of your consideration?
Both answers above point to the real problem: (i) the negative binding energy of the positronium would have to exactly cancel the rest masses of the two particles in order for the gamma ray to have zero rest mass - an unlikely coincidence, and (ii) while you may "interpret" anything any way you wish, what would be the observable consequences of your interpretation? If none then the hypothesis is a futile excercise.
Zhengdong Huang in pair production we get two real charged particles from uncharged one which , as I think, may be neutral particle and the strong electrical field of the heavy nucleus separate its components by changing the total energy of every one of them.
@ George Dishman quantum mechanics allow us to suppose that the two particles behave as waves with energy equivalent to their rest mass
Muayyad Aziz Alobayde , it is really ok if you want to "suppose" that the gamma ray already "contains" the two particles. Is supposition like that is not a big deal, really. So, suppose you are right. What then; what will be your next steps?
Stan Sykora the next step is to find a relation for the time dilation in electric field.
MAA: quantum mechanics allow us to suppose that the two particles behave as waves with energy equivalent to their rest mass
QM doesn't allow a particle with non-zero rest mass to travel at the speed of light, it is built on SR and gives the same result.
After its short life, Positronium may produce two or three Gamma rays without the need to the strong electric field due to the nature of the electron and its antiparticle.
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