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MikeGomez
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If I understand correctly, when a proton captures an electron through K-capture, the proton is changed to a neutron and an electron neutrino is created in the process.
The electron is an elementary particle, and yet the newly created neutron is composed of quarks, which are elementary also. What happened to the electron? It seems as though the electron does not behave as an ‘elementary’ particle in this process. What am I missing?
The electron is an elementary particle, and yet the newly created neutron is composed of quarks, which are elementary also. What happened to the electron? It seems as though the electron does not behave as an ‘elementary’ particle in this process. What am I missing?