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The Born approximation of perturbation theory is used to analyze the formation of an electron-positron pair by two parallel photons in the Coulomb field of an atomic nucleus.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 2, pp. 62–66, February, 1978.
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Smirnov, A.I. Formation of an electron-positron pair by two photons in a nuclear field. Soviet Physics Journal 21, 183–186 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00898481
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00898481