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They destroy each other and create a gamma photon.
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What happens when a positron and a electron collide?
They annihilate each other to produce energy, in the form of gamma rays.
What happens to a positron when it encounters a magnetic field?
just like an electron, its path curves but in the opposite direction.
What happens to the energy of a vibrating electron that does not collide with neighboring atoms?
The energy of a vibrating electron that does not collide with neighboring atoms has energy that is emitted as light. The energy will be radiated away.
Describe what happens when a position and a electron collide?
The collision of a positron and an electron is either a scattering event or a mutual annihilation event. Remember that the positron is antimatter; it's the antiparticle of the electron. It has a positive charge and will be attracted to electrons (or anything else negative). If a positron has extremely high energy, it will have to "slow down" before it and an electron can "mutually capture" each other and annihilate each other. Let's look at a positron with high kinetic energy that is moving very quickly through some medium like air or water. In scattering, the positron whizzes by an electron of an atom and some energy is exchanged. The positron will give a bit of energy to the electron, and how much will be determined by the energies of the positron and the electron, and some "probabilities" regarding the scattering, which could be either inelastic or elastic scattering. The net result is that the positron will leave the area moving a bit less rapidly. It lost energy (has less kinetic energy), and it is slowing down. As it slows, it experiences an increasing probability that it will be able to combine with an electron. The more it slows down, the more likely the "combining event" will become. When the positron "bumps into" an electron after slowing down, that positron and the electron will "combine" themselves, and all of their mass will be converted into energy. This energy will be carried off by a pair of electromagnetic rays, two gamma rays. And they'll have considerable energy and be moving in opposite directions. Conservation laws will have been upheld in the reaction. The combination of matter and antimatter results in mutual annihilation, and the two particles completely disappear, having had all of their mass converted into energy.
What happen when worlds collide?
"Worlds collide" is a common phrase used to describe what happens when two people who know the same person from different places meet each other.
Describe what happens when two plates carrying continental crust collide?
Mountain Ranges form. Like the Himalayas
What is an annihilation reaction?
Annihilation reaction is when you take matter and anti-matter and try to put them together and they cancel each other out. Try putting an electron and a positron together. What happens? They will cancel each other out.
What happens to an atom that experiences radioactive decay?
It loses mass.
Describe what happens when two plates carrying oceanic crust collide?
Best Answer:When two plates carrying oceanic crust collide, the resultis that one goes underneath the other - probably causinga tsunami - or an underwater earthquake.
What happens when two land plates collide?
An earthquake happens.
What happens if 2 tornadoes collide?
If 2 tornadoes collide they will merge into one tornado.
What happens when to tectonics plate collide?
an earthquake
