How Does a Neutron Change Into a Proton?
Most recent answer: 01/05/2010
Q:
How does a neutron changes into a proton?
- sudeepta (age 16)
jorhat, Assam, India
- sudeepta (age 16)
jorhat, Assam, India
A:
The reaction is neutron --> proton + electron + anti-neutrino.
All conservation laws are respected: energy, momentum, charge, lepton number, and baryon number. The speed of the reaction is determined by the strength of the interaction force, in this case the so-called weak interaction and also the amount of kinetic energy available.
Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_decay for more information.
LeeH
All conservation laws are respected: energy, momentum, charge, lepton number, and baryon number. The speed of the reaction is determined by the strength of the interaction force, in this case the so-called weak interaction and also the amount of kinetic energy available.
Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_decay for more information.
LeeH
(published on 01/05/2010)