A neutron equals a proton plus an electon and antineutrino.This sounds like saying that a dog equals a cat plus a bird and a fish.How can these things just transform like that?
nature makes the rules, and that seems to be what she does
>>16866055Neutrons are heavier than protons, and unstable. A neutron must decay to a proton. Per charge conservation, a tiny negative charge must be emitted--an electron. However, since an electron is a lepton, lepton number now must also be balanced by an even tinier, electrically neutral, positive lepton number. A neutrino is all that works. It's simply balancing conservation laws. What don't you understand about this? It's nothing like a dog equaling a cat, bird and fish since nothing is being conserved there.
>>16866055>6 = 3+1+2>omg it’s totally magic guys
>>16866066A better "gotcha!" question to ask is why the mass of the constituents don't add up to the mass of the parent neutron. I mean, it still exposes blatant ignorance. But it's better than this stupidity. Barely.
>>16866066> particles are the same as integersThis board is full of mongoloids
>>16866072>particles aren’t actually just numbersyou tried glow nigger
>>16866072They are. Seehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%E2%80%93Weyl_theorem
>>16866065calling a neutron unstable is pretty wild when there are entire stars made out of the little guys
>>16866109>argument from degeneracyyawn
Kek.Like you had a better plan.>b-but muh stringing vibratorsLike you even had a chance.
>>16866055Huh? Doesn't this all makes a lot more sense if you imagine them like physicist do, as fields, and that those fields sometimes interact and that's how a particle becomes another? Then there's nothing really mysterious about it.
>>16866055Fundamental particles are just bound energy. As long as both sides of the equation fulfil the same constraints (conservation symmetries) the energy can turn from one form to anotherIt's like how you can do multiple different jobs, as long as you have the right skillset. You can quit your job as a cashier and become a waiter or a garbage man, this doesn't magically transform you from one person to another you're just repurposing your existing body and mind
>>16866109Nta but I'd never call a giant ball of exploding fire stable
