Talk:Inverse beta decay

Antineutrinos only?

The IBD reaction can only be used to detect antineutrinos (rather than normal matter neutrinos, such as from the Sun) due to lepton conservation.

I'm sure the equivalent reaction exists for neutrinos; for example in Homestake experiment a neutrino would interact with an atom of chlorine, converting a neutron into a proton and emitting an electron (yielding radioactive argon). (But maybe this reaction is not usually called "inverse beta decay"; it's an inverse of beta+ decay.) - Mike Rosoft (talk) 22:24, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

electron capture leading to neutron stars

When a huge star collapses, the reaction

$e+p\rightarrow n+\nu _{e}$

occurs. Isn't this inverse beta decay, too? -- Wassermaus (talk) 17:18, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Broken characters in energy equation?

In the Antineutrino induced section, for me, the energy equation contains broken characters. They are apparently the character "U+205F : MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE [MMSP]", but display as a square with the letters MMSP inside. Is the problem on my side or does it show up for everybody? Kotlopou (talk) 08:42, 16 September 2022 (UTC)