Neutronization - A process by which, during the collapse of the core of a star, protons and electrons are forced together to make neutrons
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Neutronization then begins in the dense core forcing electrons into protons forming neutrons. Atoms break down into just balls of neutron.
This process is sometimes called the neutronization of the core. Recall from our discussion in Chapter 16 that the neutrino is an extremely elusive particle that interacts hardly at all with matter.
The first is a pulse of neutrinos produced by the neutronization reaction given above. The second results from reactions that occur when the temperature gets above 10 billion degrees in the core.
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