Primakoff effect [SEP] named after
Primakoff effect
The Primakoff effect, named after Henry Primakoff, is the resonant production of neutral pseudoscalar mesons by high-energy photons interacting with an atomic nucleus. It can be viewed as the reverse process of the decay of the meson into two photons and has been used for the measurement of the decay width of neutral mesons.
It could also take place in stars and be a production mechanism of certain hypothetical particles, such as the axion.
The effect is predicted to lead to optical properties of the vacuum state
celestial mechanics)
- Practical effect (special effects)
- Pratfall effect (psychology)
- Precedence effect (acoustics) (sound perception)
- Primakoff effect (particle physics)
- Priority effect (ecology)
- Probe effect (software development philosophies) (system administration)
- Proximity effect (atomic physics) (nuclear physics) (physics)
- Proximity effect (audio) (acoustics)
- Proximity effect (electromagnetism) (electrical engineering)
- Proximity effect (electron beam