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The electronic pair effect occurs when a high-energy photon (such as gamma radiation) interacts with an atom in matter, and the photon's energy is sufficient to knock an electron out of its orbit around the nucleus, leaving a positive vacancy in its place. Subsequently, this positive vacancy quickly captures an electron from another shell of the atom, forming a pair of positive and negative electrons. In this process, the photon is fully absorbed and converted into two electrons with nearly equal energy, known as an electron pair. The electronic pair effect is significant in radiation physics and medical physics, particularly in radiotherapy and high-energy radiation detection.
Edited at 2025-01-08 06:29:27