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A neutral baryon with valence content plus gluon and sea-quark degrees of freedom; free neutrons are unstable to beta decay.
wp-physics-neutronnlab-neutronpdg-quark-modeldoe-neutronsEach relation below ends at this concept.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
The neutron is an electrically neutral baryon.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
pdg-quark-modeldoe-neutronswp-physics-neutronwp-physics-baryonThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Gluon fields contribute to neutron structure and mass.
The source is a material constituent, structural component, or underlying quantum field whose excitation realizes the target physical system or particle. The edge label and detail must distinguish composition from field excitation; neither implies a simple classical sum of parts.
wp-physics-neutronpdg-quark-modelwp-physics-gluon_fieldpdg-qcdThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
The neutron is the neutral nucleon.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
wp-physics-neutronpdg-quark-modelwp-physics-nucleonnlab-physics-nucleonThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
The neutron is a QCD bound state whose quark-field content has net valence flavor together with sea-quark and antiquark excitations.
The source is a material constituent, structural component, or underlying quantum field whose excitation realizes the target physical system or particle. The edge label and detail must distinguish composition from field excitation; neither implies a simple classical sum of parts.
pdg-quark-modelpdg-qcdtong-standard-modelThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
The neutron contains sea-quark and antiquark degrees of freedom.
The source is a material constituent, structural component, or underlying quantum field whose excitation realizes the target physical system or particle. The edge label and detail must distinguish composition from field excitation; neither implies a simple classical sum of parts.
wp-physics-neutronpdg-quark-modelwp-physics-sea_quarkpdg-qcdThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
The neutron has net valence flavor , embedded in a full quarkβgluon state.
The source is a material constituent, structural component, or underlying quantum field whose excitation realizes the target physical system or particle. The edge label and detail must distinguish composition from field excitation; neither implies a simple classical sum of parts.
wp-physics-neutronpdg-quark-modelwp-physics-valence_quarkEach relation below starts at this concept.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
An alpha particle contains two neutrons.
The source is a material constituent, structural component, or underlying quantum field whose excitation realizes the target physical system or particle. The edge label and detail must distinguish composition from field excitation; neither implies a simple classical sum of parts.
wp-physics-alpha_particleiaea-livechartwp-physics-neutronpdg-quark-modelThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Neutrons are constituent nucleons of nuclei.
The source is a material constituent, structural component, or underlying quantum field whose excitation realizes the target physical system or particle. The edge label and detail must distinguish composition from field excitation; neither implies a simple classical sum of parts.
wp-physics-atomic_nucleusnlab-physics-atomic_nucleuswp-physics-neutronpdg-quark-modelThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
A free neutron decays weakly to a proton, electron, and electron antineutrino.
A physical process transforms the source into, or produces, the target under the conditions stated in the edge detail.
wp-physics-neutronpdg-quark-modeldoe-neutronswp-physics-beta_decayiaea-ensdfpdg-standard-modelThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Recoil kinematics required a neutral particle with mass close to the proton mass.
The source theory, law, entity, prediction, or structural claim is directly tested, supported, constrained, or established by the target experiment or observation. Experimental support is not final logical proof; the edge detail states exactly what was measured.
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The deuteron contains one neutron.
The source is a material constituent, structural component, or underlying quantum field whose excitation realizes the target physical system or particle. The edge label and detail must distinguish composition from field excitation; neither implies a simple classical sum of parts.
wp-physics-deuteroniaea-livechartwp-physics-neutronpdg-quark-modelThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
A neutron can be captured when it interacts with a target nucleus in an allowed reaction channel; the capture probability depends on neutron energy, target isotope, and resonance structure.
A physical process transforms the source into, or produces, the target under the conditions stated in the edge detail.
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