Neutrons and strong interaction

[oksuz_]

Is there any type interaction between neutron and matter other than strong interaction? When a neutron elastically or inelastically scattered, does the strong interaction still govern the whole process? Thank you!

 

[BvU]

Yes, you have gravity and weak interaction.
Scattering is here

 

[snorkack]

Does a neutron undergo electromagnetic interaction, due to having nonzero magnetic momentum?

Weak interaction is, well, weak compared to electromagnetic interaction... but electromagnetic interaction of a neutron is also weak because of not having an electric monopole charge.

What is the most important mechanism for elastic scattering between a neutron and an electron (which does not undergo strong interaction) - weak interaction, or electromagnetic interaction?

 

[mfb]

Does a neutron undergo electromagnetic interaction, due to having nonzero magnetic momentum?

Yes, but the effect is negligible.

What is the most important mechanism for elastic scattering between a neutron and an electron (which does not undergo strong interaction) - weak interaction, or electromagnetic interaction?

At low energies, both are negligible. At higher energies you get deep inelastic scattering, an interaction of the electron with a quark in the neutron.

 

[oksuz_]

Yes, you have gravity and weak interaction.
Scattering is here

Yes, there are three more interactions. However, considering the interaction between a neutron and a nucleus, the effect of gravity is negligibly small.

 

[Meir Achuz]

The electromagnetic interactions of neutrons are not negligible. They are important in electron neutron scattering, and proton neutron bremstrahlung.