The concept of isospin, in which the proton and Free neutron are viewed as two quantum states of the same particle, is used to model the interactions of nucleons by the nuclear or weak forces.
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16 Facts About Free neutron
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The Free neutron is classified as a baryon, because it is composed of three valence quarks.
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The finite size of the Free neutron and its magnetic moment both indicate that the Free neutron is a composite, rather than elementary, particle.
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Beta decay of the Free neutron, described above, can be denoted by the radioactive decay:.
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Transformation of a free proton to a neutron is energetically impossible, since a free neutron has a greater mass than a free proton.
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Mass of a Free neutron cannot be directly determined by mass spectrometry since it has no electric charge.
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The Free neutron is not affected by electric fields, but it is affected by magnetic fields.
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The magnetic moment of the Free neutron is an indication of its quark substructure and internal charge distribution.
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The magnetic moment of the Free neutron can be modeled as a sum of the magnetic moments of the constituent quarks.
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Simplistically, the magnetic moment of the Free neutron can be viewed as resulting from the vector sum of the three quark magnetic moments, plus the orbital magnetic moments caused by the movement of the three charged quarks within the Free neutron.
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An article published in 2007 featuring a model-independent analysis concluded that the Free neutron has a negatively charged exterior, a positively charged middle, and a negative core.
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Fast Free neutron detectors have the advantage of not requiring a moderator, and are therefore capable of measuring the Free neutron's energy, time of arrival, and in certain cases direction of incidence.
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The Free neutron background is not strong enough to be a biological hazard, but it is of importance to very high resolution particle detectors that are looking for very rare events, such as interactions that might be caused by particles of dark matter.
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Free neutron beams are obtained from neutron sources by neutron transport.
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Cold, thermal, and hot Free neutron radiation is commonly employed in Free neutron scattering facilities, where the radiation is used in a similar way one uses X-rays for the analysis of condensed matter.
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Fission energy Free neutron that has slowed down but not yet reached thermal energies is called an epithermal Free neutron.
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