: an uncharged elementary particle that has a mass nearly equal to that of the proton and is present in all known atomic nuclei except the hydrogen nucleus
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Because all matter is made up of protons and electrons (along with nonpartisan neutrons).
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Rhett Allain, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2024
The breeding blanket makes up the first layer of the plasma chamber walls and contains lithium that reacts with the neutrons generated in the fusion reaction to produce tritium.
—Sophie Blondel, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
For that reason, the photons or neutrons cannot be recorded inside the interferometer using an ordinary detector.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2024
And one way that axions would interact with protons and neutrons is basically to tip the spins of those particles.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 May 2024
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Rhett Allain, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2024
The breeding blanket makes up the first layer of the plasma chamber walls and contains lithium that reacts with the neutrons generated in the fusion reaction to produce tritium.
—Sophie Blondel, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
For that reason, the photons or neutrons cannot be recorded inside the interferometer using an ordinary detector.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2024
And one way that axions would interact with protons and neutrons is basically to tip the spins of those particles.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 May 2024
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“Neutron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neutron. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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neutron
noun
neu·tron
ˈn(y)ü-ˌträn 
: an uncharged atomic particle that has a mass nearly equal to that of the proton and is present in all known atomic nuclei except the hydrogen nucleus
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neutron
noun
neu·tron
ˈn(y)ü-ˌträn
: an uncharged elementary particle that has a mass nearly equal to that of the proton and is present in all known atomic nuclei except the hydrogen nucleus
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