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Does the Electric Field Instantaneously vanish during an Electron Capture?
When an Electron Capture occurs a Neutron and a Neutrino are formed. Prior to this process due to the presence of the proton and electron an electric field must've existed however as soon as this ...
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Beta ray maximum energy
I recently participated in a classical experiment that can calculate the maximum energy of a beta radiation emission (for Tl-204). When I searched the internet for other results for comparison, I ...
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What happens to the electron in a beta minus decay?
We know that in a beta minus decay the neutron decays into a proton, electron and electron antineutrino. So let's assume we have a vacuum chamber full of free neutrons which after sometime decay in to ...