tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219176247590074617.post8253404619959888645..comments2024-03-28T10:23:48.809+01:00Comments on SunnivaRose: Facts on a Friday: 10 reasons why neutrons are really coolSunnivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03788574038633535127noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219176247590074617.post-25970945438828410152015-10-26T10:31:11.025+01:002015-10-26T10:31:11.025+01:00Thank you for a nice commentary :)
I don't re...Thank you for a nice commentary :) <br />I don't really have time to give you a proper answer right now, but I will save your question for later (maybe a Question of the month ;) )<br /><br />-SunnivaSunnivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788574038633535127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219176247590074617.post-27724837742947267422015-10-25T14:49:45.811+01:002015-10-25T14:49:45.811+01:00I had to read about the neutron changing into a hy...I had to read about the neutron changing into a hydrogen atom on wikipedia, I didn't know that(didn't really know any of this, am a layman). It's cool that it traps its radiated(if that's the correct term) electron and becomes a hydrogen. I don't understand how this can produce both a proton and an anti-neutron, since both have almost the same mass as a neutron, but I guess that has something to do with the mass of the anti-neutron being anti-mass, whatever that means..<br /><br />But it also says on wikipedia that: "The transformation of a free proton to a neutron (plus a positron and a neutrino) is energetically impossible, since a free neutron has a greater mass than a free proton.", which doesn't seem to fit with your fact #9. Are we doing this by adding energy to the proton somehow?<br /><br /><br />My favorite particle is the Neutrino. I don't know much(anything) about it, but it seems to be a bit mysterious yet, and a great way to send information over long distances since it doesn't interact much with matter. If we can create some super-exotic magic material to detect it, and can reliably create- and steer it- how and where we want :P But apart from this fantasy, using neutrinos seem to be a way to peer into the heart of stars or other things that are difficult to penetrate by other kinds of radiation. Which sounds cool!<br /><br />You were great on the show 'Big Bang'!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200217963158576695noreply@blogger.com