Another point that puzzles me is about the larger mass is acquired when the proton transmutes to a neutron. The quark transformation causes the quark identity to change to one of larger mass while at the same time the W boson is emitted which itself possesses mass, doesn't it? Where does this...
Thanks but is it known why/how one of the two protons transmutes first? Also, how do the two protons 'sense' the approach of each other? Do the protons do it by some virtual particle such as the pions are that part of their electromagnetic field? If so, do these virtual particles/pions loop...
I wanted to ask about the formation of deuterium in a star. I read that two protons will join together and that one of the protons will transmute to a neutron due to quark transformation via the weak interaction that will generate a W boson which decays to a positron and a neutrino. It is not...