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[[Image:FirstNeutrinoEventAnnotated.jpg|250px|thumb|Inverse beta decay process involving a [[muon antineutrino]].]] | |||
'''Inverse beta decay''' is a somewhat vague term referring to one of several processes related to [[beta decay]]. | |||
Inverse beta decay originally referred to the process <math>\bar{\nu}_e + p \to e^+ + n</math> , | |||
([[electron antineutrino]] [[scattering]] off a [[proton]] into a [[positron]] and a [[neutron]]) in which the existence of the antineutrino was decisively verified in the [[Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment]]. Understanding this process is important to our understanding of the mechanism of a [[supernova]] explosion. | |||
Inverse beta decay may also sometimes refer to the process <math>e^- + p \to \nu_e + n</math> normally called [[electron capture]]. | |||
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Revision as of 03:12, 30 January 2014
Inverse beta decay is a somewhat vague term referring to one of several processes related to beta decay.
Inverse beta decay originally referred to the process ,
(electron antineutrino scattering off a proton into a positron and a neutron) in which the existence of the antineutrino was decisively verified in the Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment. Understanding this process is important to our understanding of the mechanism of a supernova explosion.
Inverse beta decay may also sometimes refer to the process normally called electron capture.