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abotiz
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Hi,
I have a question about beta plus decay.
I have read through the previous post regarding this decay, but I did not find anyone mentioning what I wonder about. Also, some post dates back to 2009, and maybe some recent findings in physics can explain things in a "better" way.
So according to wikipedia "
However, β+ decay cannot occur in an isolated proton because it requires energy due to the mass of the neutron being greater than the mass of the proton.
β+ decay can only happen inside nuclei when the daughter nucleus has a greater binding energy (and
therefore a lower total energy) than the mother nucleus."
To me, this implies that the atom knows beforehand that the daughter should have lower total energy.
Which is strange...
If not, then one would say that everything happens, but only the "allowed" things exists.
But this is even more strange.
So, how does the physics explain such a dilemma?
Thank you for your time
I have a question about beta plus decay.
I have read through the previous post regarding this decay, but I did not find anyone mentioning what I wonder about. Also, some post dates back to 2009, and maybe some recent findings in physics can explain things in a "better" way.
So according to wikipedia "
However, β+ decay cannot occur in an isolated proton because it requires energy due to the mass of the neutron being greater than the mass of the proton.
β+ decay can only happen inside nuclei when the daughter nucleus has a greater binding energy (and
therefore a lower total energy) than the mother nucleus."
To me, this implies that the atom knows beforehand that the daughter should have lower total energy.
Which is strange...
If not, then one would say that everything happens, but only the "allowed" things exists.
But this is even more strange.
So, how does the physics explain such a dilemma?
Thank you for your time