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Subject: Re: A question on photon decay
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Date: Tue, 8-Nov-83 11:16:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  8 11:16:00 1983
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"Photon decay would violate the conservation of energy-momentum."

Quite right - momentum transfer is needed to conserve both momentum and
energy in pair-production.

- Troy