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A neutron floating about in space will remain a neutron. You won't get two neutrons suddenly turning up where you had one before. But you'll get a proton, an e
by cygx 6y ago
A neutron floating about in space will remain a neutron. You won't get two neutrons suddenly turning up where you had one before.
But you'll get a proton, an electron and an anti-electron-neutrino. Possibly a photon as well. Remember, free neutrons only have a mean lifetime of less than 15min.
- jiggawatts 6y agoTrue, which makes neutrons a somewhat poor example for this. However, you'll still have three quarks either way.