1. Introduction
There are numerous particles in nature. They are split into Fermions and Bosons. Fermions are divided into leptons and quarks [1]. The electron is charged with Leptons, and the positron is the antiparticle of the electron, having the same mass as the electron but an equal opposite (positive) charge [2]. The electron was discovered in 1897 by J. J. Thomson [3], and Anderson discovered the positron in 1932 [2]. Nishina and others [4], Bethe, and Heitler [5] were the first to theorize who the theoretical treatment of (๐โ๐+) pair photon production in 1934. In 1936, Jaeger and Hulme [6] demonstrated that pair production Differential Cross-section (DCS) calculations yield better results at high incident photon energies. In 1947, A. D. Sakharov studied the interaction of the electron and the positron in pair production [7]. A further advance in pair production theory was the work of Davies and Bethe (1952), Bethe and Maximon (1954), and Davies et al. (1954), Some wide-angle electron-positron pair production measurements by Blumenthal et al. (1966), Asbury et al. (1967) and Alvenslaben et al. (1962). More recently, Tseng (1997) used a relativistic partial-wave method to examine pair production polarization correlations for intermediate-energy incident photons [8]. Hubbell [8] provides a historical overview of the (๐โ๐+) by photons from Diracโs prediction of the position in 1928 until 2006. The (DCS) results for (๐โ๐+)-Hubbell and Seltzer [9] revealed photon-based pair production.
There is a lot of scientific research on this topic. In 2020, Alkhateeb studied the effect of nuclear magnetic distribution on photon production of longitudinally polarized lepton pairs in the fields of Be49 and Al1325 nuclei [10]. In 2022, Alkhateeb, Alshaery, and Aldosary studied leptonic pair production in an electromagnetic field [11]. Finally, in 2024, Miroslav Pardy studied electron-positron pair production in Modern Quantum Electrodynamics [12]. Furthermore, the use of positron emission tomography (PET) in medical imaging in the 1970s demonstrated the practical applications of pair production, extending beyond theoretical physics [13].
In this study, the effect of high energies and the mass of the nucleus on the electron-positron pair production process using the Be49 and Al1325 nuclei will be studied. The study utilizes electromagnetic fields and high-energy effects on two nuclei, Be49 and Al1325, to produce a pair of ๐โ๐+, as well as mass effects to create a pair of ๐โ๐+. We apply the Beth-Heitler radiation equation to the pair production process at different incidence angles and high energies. This equation enables us to calculate the pair production rate as a function of photon energy and incidence angles. We will focus on studying the relationship between electron-positron pair production and photon collision energy, as well as the effect of photon projection angles on light nuclei. We will study the production of electron-positron pairs using the Beth-Hitler radiation equation and apply a mathematical program to generate graphs of this process. We will then analyze and examine the results in detail.
2. Formulation of the Problem
Our study focuses on how high energies affect electron-positron pair production through interactions with light nuclei, specifically Beryllium and Aluminum and studies the effect of mass for Beryllium and Aluminum nucleus on the electron-positron pair production process. In this work, we focus not only on the general effect of energy on electron-positron pair production but also on how high-energy levels enhance the efficiency of the process. Additionally, we examined the effect of nuclear mass, showing how the mass of the Beryllium and Aluminum nuclei significantly impacts the production rate of electron-positron pairs. The theoretical framework of our study is based on the Bethe-Heitler equations, which describe the fundamental mechanisms of electron-positron pair production. These equations were implemented using the Mathematica program to obtain results and to compare the influence of both energy and nuclear mass on the electron-positron pair production process.
3. Research Methodology
In this section, we discuss the interaction of a photon with Be49 and Al1325 nuclei produces pairs of ๐โ๐+. The ๐โ๐+ process produced by the interaction of the ๐พ-photon field with the nuclei field (N) can be written as Figure 1:
Figure 1. Simplified representation of a beam of high-energy photons colliding with a nucleus, resulting in the production of an electron-positron pair [11].
Also, the Depicts the Feynman diagrams for the issue of ๐โ๐+ pair production in the Electromagnetic field of the nuclei has presented in the following diagram Figure 2:
Figure 2. Feynman diagrams for the ๐โ๐+ pair production process [11].
In addition, the Bethe-Hitler equation for the electron-positron pair production process can be presented as follows: [10] [14] [15]
(1)
This equation is the Bethe-Hitler equation for the electron-positron pair production process, and it can be written in an abbreviated form so that it is applicable using the following symbols:
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
where
,
is the energy of the colliding photon.
The Z๐, ๐1, ๐ and ๐บ are electric charge ๐๐๐๐, magnetic dipole ๐๐๐๐, electric quadrupole ๐๐๐๐, and magnetic octupole ๐๐๐๐บ moments of the target nucleus, respectively. The
,
,
and
in the case of high energy ๐ธ, ๐ธโฒ โซ ๐0๐2 [10] [14] [15]. Also, we obtain the values of
,
,
and
from research [11].
4. Result and Discussion
In this section, we will discuss the effect of high energies on the ๐โ๐+ pair production process, as well as the impact of nuclear mass on this process.
4.1. Study the Effect of Different Energies and Angels for Be49 and AL1325 Nucleus on the eโe+ Pair Production Process
By use (1 - 6) equations such that the ๐๐๐๐ represent the electric charge, ๐๐๐๐ represent the magnetic dipole, ๐๐๐๐ represent the electric quadrupole and ๐๐๐๐บ represent the magnetic octupole, total electric ๐๐ธ, and total magnetic ๐M. Differential Cross Section for the electron-positron pair production using formulas for the energy distribution is obtained for the nuclei Be49 and AL1325 at different values of incident photon energies ๐ = (500, 700, 900) MeV, where m = 0.910940637872524 ร 10โ27 mass of electron.
Figure 3 shows the differential cross-sections Electric Charge ๐๐๐๐, Magnetic Dipole ๐๐๐๐, Electric Quadrupole ๐๐๐๐, and Magnetic Octupole ๐๐๐๐บ for the ๐ต๐49 nucleus.
From Figure 3 we notice that:
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Figure 3. The DCS Electric Charge ๐๐๐๐, Magnetic Dipole ๐๐๐๐, Electric Quadrupole ๐๐๐๐ and Magnetic Octupole ๐๐๐๐บ for the ๐ต๐49 nuclei.
Figure 4 depicts the differential cross-sections Electric Charge ๐๐๐๐, Magnetic Dipole ๐๐๐๐ , Electric Quadrupole ๐๐๐๐ and Magnetic Octupole ๐๐๐๐บ for the AL1325 nuclei.
Figure 4. The DCS Electric Charge ๐๐๐๐, Magnetic Dipole ๐๐๐๐, Electric Quadrupole ๐๐๐๐, and Magnetic Octupole ๐๐๐๐บ for the AL1325 nuclei.
From Figure 4 we notice that:
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By comparing the two atoms in Figures 3-4, we notice that:
For the ๐ต๐49 and AL1325 nuclei, the differential cross-sections Electric Charge ๐๐๐๐ and Magnetic Dipole ๐๐๐๐ decrease electron-positron pair production with increasing energies of the incident photons but increases with increase the incident photon angle. The highest value at
and
For the ๐ต๐49 and AL1325 nuclei, the differential cross-sections Electric Quadrupole ๐๐๐๐ increase electron-positron pair production with increasing energies of the incident photons but increases with decrease the incident photon angle. The highest value at
and
For the ๐ต๐49 and AL1325 nuclei, the differential cross-sections magnetic octupole ๐๐๐ฮฉ increase electron-positron pair production with increasing energies of the incident photons but increase with decrease the incident photon angle. The highest value at
and
.
4.2. Study the Effect of High Energies for Be49 and AL1325 Nuclei on the ๐โ๐+ Pair Production Process
By using equations (5 - 6) and different values of incident photon energies
. Studies the effect of high energies in the electric quadrupole ๐๐๐๐ and magnetic octupole ๐๐๐๐บ.
From Figure 5 we notice that:
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From Figure 6 we notice that:
Figure 5. The DCS Electric Quadrupole ๐๐๐๐ and Magnetic Octupole ๐๐๐๐บ for the ๐ต๐49 nuclei.
Figure 6. The DCS Electric Quadrupole ๐๐๐๐ and Magnetic Octupole ๐๐๐๐บ for the Al1325 nuclei.
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4.3. Study the Effect of Mass for Be49 and AL1325 Nuclei on the ๐โ๐+ Pair Production Process
From Figure 7, we notice that:
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Figure 7. The DCS Electric Quadrupole ๐๐๐๐ for ๐ต๐49 and AL1325 nuclei.
Figure 8. The DCS Magnetic Octupole ๐๐๐๐บ for ๐ต๐49 and Al1325 nuclei.
From Figure 8, we notice that:
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5. Conclusion
Our research found that in the AL1325 and ๐ต๐49 nuclei, with electric charge ๐๐๐๐ and magnetic dipole ๐๐๐๐, at an energy of 500 MeV that the formation of (๐โ๐+) pairs is more efficient. In the electric quadrupole ๐๐๐๐ and magnetic dipole ๐๐๐๐บ nuclei, we have seen that at an energy of 900 MeV, the formation of (๐โ๐+) pairs becomes more efficient. Moreover, for the electric quadrupole ๐๐๐๐ and the magnetic dipole ๐๐๐๐บ, we showed that at an energy of 900 MeV, the creation of (๐โ๐+) pairs becomes more effective. When looking at medium energy ๐ = 900 MeV and high energy ๐ = 5000 MeV, the creation of ๐โ๐+ pairs from the AL1325 and ๐ต๐49 nuclei goes up at the higher energy of ๐ = 5000 MeV. The results indicate that lighter nuclei such that ๐ต๐49 produce ๐โ๐+ pairs more efficiently because the nuclear charge (Z) for ๐ต๐49 equal 4 but AL1325 equal 13. This conclusion is consistent with observations in positron emission tomography (PET) scanners [13]. In summary, the study highlights the relationship between nuclear mass, energy levels, and multipole interactions in governing the efficiency of electron-positron pair production. The identified correlation between pair production efficiency, nuclear charge, and incident energy may have important consequences for positron emission tomography (PET). Given that positron emission tomography (PET) depends on the detection of annihilation photons from ๐โ๐+ pairs, understanding how lighter nuclei such as ๐ต๐49 favor pair production compared to heavier nuclei like AL1325 can inform choices of target materials or tracer isotopes. Furthermore, the observed enhancement in efficiency at elevated energies indicates that optimizing energy ranges in PET systems may improve signal strength, diminish noise, and enhance image quality. Therefore, the findings offer both theoretical understanding of multipole interactions in nuclei and practical recommendations for enhancing PET technology and image analysis.