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What is known about the isotope distribution of neutronium decay?

"Neutronium" - in the sense of the matter that makes up the bulk of the fluid interior of a neutron star - consists of neutrons protons and electrons. If you release the pressure suddenly ...
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What is known about the isotope distribution of neutronium decay?

The the theoretical cascade of nuclear reactions that occurs in environments with high neutron densities, but not enough pressure to stabilize neutron-rich nuclei is known as the r-process. It can ...
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How is the speed of nucleons in the nucleus measured?

A speed of $0.1 \textrm{c}$ is incompatible with the radius formula for a nucleus $$ R = r_{0} A^{1/3} \tag{1} $$ since assuming there is a nucleon of orbital angular momentum $L = 2$ in the nucleus ...
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How does pion exchange cause protons and neutrons to be attracted to each other?

My take on this is as follows. Experts! *Please weigh in and if necessary stop me from propagating garbage. *I will delete as required. Quarks that are far apart attract one another strongly, and they ...
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How do neutron stars overcome neutron degeneracy?

In both white dwarfs and neutron stars, collapse occurs because hydrostatic equilibrium cannot be achieved by decreasing the radius. This process occurs even if the electrons or neutrons remain ...
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How do neutron stars overcome neutron degeneracy?

In broad strokes, the answer is that beyond a certain mass limit, called the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit (TOV limit) the radius can decrease indefinitely without the outward forces ever exceeding ...
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