Question

6. An isolated neutron will undergo a process called beta decay. In this process, a neutron turns into a proton, an electron, and another particle called an antineutrino. In the 1900s, neutrinos were only inferred to exist since beta decays seemed to violate energy-momentum conservation otherwise To see how this works, let's assume we don't know about neutrinos. Let's imagine that a stationary, isolated neutron spontaneously turns into a stationary proton and electron and nothing else. You may use me 0.510999 MeV/c2 for the electron's rest mass, mp-938.272 MeV/c2 for the proton's rest mass, and mn 939.565MeV/c2 for the neutron's rest mass. a. Calculate the total energy present before the decay. b. Calculate the total rest energy present after the decay.

Answer 1

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