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An extremely handwavy explanation would be that they do not: the neutron decays into a proton and other stuff. That other stuff is captured by a proton that bec
by krastanov 8y ago
An extremely handwavy explanation would be that they do not: the neutron decays into a proton and other stuff. That other stuff is captured by a proton that becomes a neutron. This is borderline metaphoric, but it gives a gist of the physics.