When a high-energy gamma-ray photon collides with a nucleus,the gamma-ray photon:
A) produces a huge number of low-energy photons.
B) disappears completely, leaving nothing behind.
C) disappears, creating a particle-antiparticle pair.
D) disappears, creating two negative electrons.
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