When a star becomes a neutron star, it says that the gravity is so large that it exceed the electron degeneracy pressure then electron combine with atomic nucleus to give neutrons.
Is there known/verified microscopic processes for the above process, like a electron scattering with a proton to give a neutron plus some other particles for a given chance? For example, when talking about normal stars, there are a lot of nuclear reaction equations for the microscopic processes in the stars, but I can't find one online for this.
There is electron capture process which is based on weak interaction, but I think it is the process that happens in some special atoms, not plasma in the star.