• mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 hours ago

    What about the inverse beta decay thing? If electrons are also being compressed it should end up becoming neutrons right?

    Electron repulsion might be irrelevant but being bound to electrons isn’t. Electrons aren’t being thrown out of the orbit here since its cold. It’s getting squished into.

    (I also disagree with the net zero claim, due to the sheilding effect of outer electrons, but still that too is irrelevant so np)