Ahandgesture
Ahandgesture t1_itzmhnb wrote
Reply to comment by noldig in Would heavy unstable elements at the core of a star have a significantly extended half-life due to gravity? by SpectralMagic
Interesting, thank you for the answer! I wonder what the neutron lifetime in this case is. There's already the discrepancy between beamline and "jar" lifetime experiments. If we could measure neutron decay in a neutron star, we'd probably have another point of discrepancy 😆
Ahandgesture t1_itzjl9d wrote
Reply to comment by Phalcone42 in Would heavy unstable elements at the core of a star have a significantly extended half-life due to gravity? by SpectralMagic
So the gravity prevents neutron decay after the 830 or so seconds we expect? Or at this point is the matter too exotic at that point to apply thinking like this?
Ahandgesture t1_j4q46gz wrote
Reply to comment by Rawkapotamus in If nuclear fission in U-235 causes the atom to be split into 2 smaller atoms (such as Kr-92 and Ba-141) then how is it that U-236 is produced as waste since the U-235 was just split into smaller peices? by Ian98766
Take a look at cross sections at this site: https://www-nds.iaea.org/exfor/endf.htm