Minimum energy for mm-wave photon

g-ray photon interacts with mm-wave

First converting to eV :

l=1.2mm corresponds to hn=10 eV

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Taking the example of a very low-energy mm-wave photon, the amount of energy which the gamma-ray must have is at least 2.5e14 eV, which is very high!