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Eric Cornell talking about the matter-antimatter paradox in 2001 (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can neutrons decay into anti protons?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not sure exactly but neutrons are* a proton and an electron getting intimate with each other so yes? Not decay, what you're describing would be separating DARK MATTER in this stupid unproven head-theory I wrote out.

In the real world only cosmic rays smashing particles in space like nature's particle accelerator can produce anti-protons

*Obviously the star because hadrons are way more complicated than that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

neutrons are* a proton and an electron getting intimate with each other

No, neutrons are normal particles in their own right, just with net zero charge.