In an accelerator experiment on high-energy collisions of electrons with positrons,a certain event is interpreted as annihilation of an electron-positron pair of total energy $10.2 \; BeV$ into two $\gamma$-rays of equal energy. What is the wavelength associated with each $\gamma$-ray? $(1 \; BeV = 10^9 \; eV)$

  • A
    $6.254 \times 10^{-17} \; m$
  • B
    $4.64 \times 10^{-15} \; m$
  • C
    $2.436 \times 10^{-16} \; m$
  • D
    $4.951 \times 10^{-15} \; m$

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