Inverse beta decay, the Glossary
In nuclear and particle physics, inverse beta decay, commonly abbreviated to IBD, is a nuclear reaction involving an electron antineutrino scattering off a proton, creating a positron and a neutron.[1]
Table of Contents
28 relations: Annihilation, Barn (unit), Borexino, Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment, Cross section (physics), Electron capture, Electron mass, Electron neutrino, Electron–positron annihilation, Electronvolt, Geoneutrino, Homestake experiment, Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Antineutrino Detector, Kinetic energy, Mass in special relativity, Microsecond, Neutrino detector, Neutrino oscillation, Neutron, Neutron capture, Neutron star, Nuclear physics, Nuclear reaction, Particle physics, Positron, Proton, Sterile neutrino, Threshold energy.
Annihilation
In particle physics, annihilation is the process that occurs when a subatomic particle collides with its respective antiparticle to produce other particles, such as an electron colliding with a positron to produce two photons.
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Barn (unit)
A barn (symbol: b) is a metric unit of area equal to (100 fm2).
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Borexino
Borexino is a deep underground particle physics experiment to study low energy (sub-MeV) solar neutrinos.
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Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment
The Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment was conducted by physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines in 1956.
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Cross section (physics)
In physics, the cross section is a measure of the probability that a specific process will take place in a collision of two particles.
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Electron capture
Electron capture (K-electron capture, also K-capture, or L-electron capture, L-capture) is a process in which the proton-rich nucleus of an electrically neutral atom absorbs an inner atomic electron, usually from the K or L electron shells. Inverse beta decay and electron capture are Radioactivity.
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Electron mass
In particle physics, the electron mass (symbol) is the mass of a stationary electron, also known as the invariant mass of the electron.
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Electron neutrino
The electron neutrino is an elementary particle which has zero electric charge and a spin of.
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Electron–positron annihilation
Electron–positron annihilation occurs when an electron and a positron (the electron's antiparticle) collide.
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Electronvolt
In physics, an electronvolt (symbol eV), also written electron-volt and electron volt, is the measure of an amount of kinetic energy gained by a single electron accelerating through an electric potential difference of one volt in vacuum.
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Geoneutrino
In nuclear and particle physics, a geoneutrino is a neutrino or antineutrino emitted during the decay of naturally-occurring radionuclides in the Earth.
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Homestake experiment
The Homestake experiment (sometimes referred to as the Davis experiment or Solar Neutrino Experiment and in original literature called Brookhaven Solar Neutrino Experiment or Brookhaven 37Cl (Chlorine) Experiment) was an experiment headed by astrophysicists Raymond Davis, Jr. and John N. Bahcall in the late 1960s.
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Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Antineutrino Detector
The Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Antineutrino Detector (KamLAND) is an electron antineutrino detector at the Kamioka Observatory, an underground neutrino detection facility in Hida, Gifu, Japan.
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Kinetic energy
In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the form of energy that it possesses due to its motion.
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Mass in special relativity
The word "mass" has two meanings in special relativity: invariant mass (also called rest mass) is an invariant quantity which is the same for all observers in all reference frames, while the relativistic mass is dependent on the velocity of the observer.
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Microsecond
A microsecond is a unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one millionth (0.000001 or 10−6 or) of a second.
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Neutrino detector
A neutrino detector is a physics apparatus which is designed to study neutrinos.
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Neutrino oscillation
Neutrino oscillation is a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which a neutrino created with a specific lepton family number ("lepton flavor": electron, muon, or tau) can later be measured to have a different lepton family number.
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Neutron
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Neutron capture
Neutron capture is a nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus and one or more neutrons collide and merge to form a heavier nucleus.
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Neutron star
A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star.
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Nuclear physics
Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter.
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Nuclear reaction
In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, a nuclear reaction is a process in which two nuclei, or a nucleus and an external subatomic particle, collide to produce one or more new nuclides. Inverse beta decay and nuclear reaction are Radioactivity.
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Particle physics
Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation.
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Positron
The positron or antielectron is the particle with an electric charge of +1e, a spin of 1/2 (the same as the electron), and the same mass as an electron.
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Proton
A proton is a stable subatomic particle, symbol, H+, or 1H+ with a positive electric charge of +1 e (elementary charge).
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Sterile neutrino
Sterile neutrinos (or inert neutrinos) are hypothetical particles (neutral leptons – neutrinos) that interact only via gravity and not via any of the other fundamental interactions of the Standard Model.
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Threshold energy
In particle physics, the threshold energy for production of a particle is the minimum kinetic energy that must be imparted to one of a pair of particles in order for their collision to produce a given result.
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