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silverslith
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I'm having some doubts about the standard idea of N14 + energetic Neutron > C14 + Proton.
Is it possible that the generation of C14 could be a reverse form of the C14 beta decay to N14, initiated by the relativistic electrons entering the ionosphere in the auroras?
An endothermic Electron Capture by a ionic N14 nuclear proton? Either an electron of near the kinetic energy of the beta particles produced by C14 decay, or an inner shell electron after the nucleus of the N14 is excited by a bremstralung photon of appropriate energy?
Is it possible that the generation of C14 could be a reverse form of the C14 beta decay to N14, initiated by the relativistic electrons entering the ionosphere in the auroras?
An endothermic Electron Capture by a ionic N14 nuclear proton? Either an electron of near the kinetic energy of the beta particles produced by C14 decay, or an inner shell electron after the nucleus of the N14 is excited by a bremstralung photon of appropriate energy?