Can a neutron star withstand a bombardment of neutrons?

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Neutronium, a hypothetical substance theorized to exist in neutron stars, remains unobserved in space. When a neutron collides with neutronium, it is speculated that it could either become part of the neutronium or potentially cause a release of energy, depending on the neutron's velocity. Neutron capture is a known phenomenon that occurs when a neutron interacts with a nucleus, but its applicability to neutronium is uncertain. The interior of neutron stars is the only known environment where neutrons are stable in large quantities, as they typically decay into protons and electrons. If enough neutrons were bombarded onto a neutron star, it is theorized that this could lead to the star collapsing into a black hole.
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What would happen if you fired a neutron at neutronium? Would it become apart of the neutronium substance of would it shatter the neutronium substance if the velocity of the neutron particle were quick enough?

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Or would it result in a great deal of energy being released, proportional to the statistics of the neutronium substance?
 
According to wikipedia there doesn't seem to be any observational evidence for it. At least if it refers to bound states of a few neutrons.

A phenomenon called "neutron capture" can occur when a neutron collides with a nucleus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_capture

I have no idea if the theory behind neutron capture would be able to give an indication if neutron capture is possible to the hypothetical "neutronium".

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So neutronium is hypothetical? i.e. we have not seen any observable masses of neutronium in space?
 
The interior of neutron stars is the only environment where a vast number of neutrons is stable. Small amount decay into protons and electrons because that state has less energy. I assume that if you shoot neutrons on a neutron star they are just absorbed, unless you shoot so many on them that the neutron star collapses into a black hole.
 
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