Comment on Should Neutron Stars be Added to the Periodic Table?

• ns1@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  we have assumed that Rex is comprised of a uniform nucleon fluid, with protons, neutrons and electrons in an idealised 1:8:1 ratio

  This is how the author is estimating it, they are assuming 1/9th of the mass is protons. No idea how good that assumption is though, there is a source which doesn’t look the most convincing

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  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Whoopsie. I used to assume neutron stars are made of neutrons. It turns out Big Astronomy lied to me.

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    • Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Neutron stars are made of neutrons in the same way that tapwater is made of water molecules: primarily, but not entirely

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    • Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Neutron stars have so high pressure that MOST but not all protons decay into neutrons plus electrons (plus neutrinos)

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      • erin@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m not exactly well-read on particle physics, but to my understanding neutrons and neutrinos are neutrally charged and electrons are negatively charged. Why does a proton break down into net-negatively charged particles? I assume some weird quark shenanigans.

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    • Highlow@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought they were made from your mom’s dingleberries

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