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	The '''positron''' is the antiparticle of the electron. It has the same mass as the electron but positive electric charge<ref>{{Cite web \|title=2022 CODATA Value: electron mass \|url=https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?me \|website=The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty \|publisher=NIST \|date=2024-05 \|access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> and appears in beta-plus decay, pair production, and electron-positron annihilation.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Dirac \|first=P. A. M. \|title=The quantum theory of the electron \|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society A \|year=1928 \|volume=117 \|issue=778 \|pages=610-624 \|doi=10.1098/rspa.1928.0023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Anderson \|first=C. D. \|title=The Positive Electron \|journal=Physical Review \|year=1933 \|volume=43 \|issue=6 \|pages=491-494 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRev.43.491}}</ref>		'''positron''' is a Book II topic in the Quantum Collection. The '''positron''' is the antiparticle of the electron. It has the same mass as the electron but positive electric charge<ref>{{Cite web \|title=2022 CODATA Value: electron mass \|url=https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?me \|website=The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty \|publisher=NIST \|date=2024-05 \|access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> and appears in beta-plus decay, pair production, and electron-positron annihilation.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Dirac \|first=P. A. M. \|title=The quantum theory of the electron \|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society A \|year=1928 \|volume=117 \|issue=778 \|pages=610-624 \|doi=10.1098/rspa.1928.0023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Anderson \|first=C. D. \|title=The Positive Electron \|journal=Physical Review \|year=1933 \|volume=43 \|issue=6 \|pages=491-494 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRev.43.491}}</ref> The positron is important historically and conceptually because it confirmed the existence of antimatter predicted by relativistic quantum theory. When a positron meets an electron, the pair can annihilate into photons, converting rest mass into radiation. Positrons appear in beta-plus decay, pair production, positronium, particle detectors, and positron-emission tomography.
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	* {{Cite journal \|last=Anderson \|first=Carl D. \|title=The Positive Electron \|journal=Physical Review \|year=1933 \|volume=43 \|issue=6 \|pages=491-494 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRev.43.491}}
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	The '''positron''' is the antiparticle of the electron. It has the same mass as the electron but positive electric charge and appears in beta-plus decay, pair production, and electron-positron annihilation.		The '''positron''' is the antiparticle of the electron. It has the same mass as the electron but positive electric charge<ref>{{Cite web \|title=2022 CODATA Value: electron mass \|url=https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?me \|website=The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty \|publisher=NIST \|date=2024-05 \|access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> and appears in beta-plus decay, pair production, and electron-positron annihilation.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Dirac \|first=P. A. M. \|title=The quantum theory of the electron \|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society A \|year=1928 \|volume=117 \|issue=778 \|pages=610-624 \|doi=10.1098/rspa.1928.0023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Anderson \|first=C. D. \|title=The Positive Electron \|journal=Physical Review \|year=1933 \|volume=43 \|issue=6 \|pages=491-494 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRev.43.491}}</ref>
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	== References ==		== References ==
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	* {{Cite web \|title=2022 CODATA Value: electron mass \|url=https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?me \|website=The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty \|publisher=NIST \|date=2024-05 \|access-date=2026-05-24}}
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	* {{Cite journal \|last=Dirac \|first=P. A. M. \|title=A theory of electrons and protons \|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society A \|year=1930 \|volume=126 \|issue=801 \|pages=360-365 \|doi=10.1098/rspa.1930.0013}}
	* {{Cite journal \|last=Anderson \|first=C. D. \|title=The Positive Electron \|journal=Physical Review \|year=1933 \|volume=43 \|issue=6 \|pages=491-494 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRev.43.491}}
	* {{Cite web \|last=Anderson \|first=Carl D. \|title=The Production and Properties of Positrons \|website=NobelPrize.org \|year=1936 \|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1936/anderson/lecture/ \|access-date=2026-05-24}}

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			* {{Cite web \|last=Anderson \|first=Carl D. \|title=The Production and Properties of Positrons \|website=NobelPrize.org \|year=1936 \|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1936/anderson/lecture/ \|access-date=2026-05-24}}

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	The '''positron''' is the antiparticle of the electron. It has the same mass as the electron but positive electric charge and appears in beta-plus decay, pair production, and electron-positron annihilation.		The '''positron''' is the antiparticle of the electron. It has the same mass as the electron but positive electric charge and appears in beta-plus decay, pair production, and electron-positron annihilation.
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	== See also ==		== See also ==

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{{Short description|positron in quantum matter}}
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The '''positron''' is the antiparticle of the electron. It has the same mass as the electron but positive electric charge and appears in beta-plus decay, pair production, and electron-positron annihilation.

== See also ==
{{#invoke:PhysicsQC|tocHeadingAndList|Physics:Quantum basics/See also/Matter}}

== References ==
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{{Author|Harold Foppele}}
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