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by floxy 1558 days ago
What is going on in neutron stars? The layman's answer is that the electrons get squeezed into the protons due to the extreme gravity, leaving only neutrons. But I suppose (?) there needs to be a anti-neutrino or similar that comes along to "complete" the reaction?

Edit: I guess it is inverse beta decay:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_beta_decay#Electron_in...