The electrons emitted from a nucleus during beta decay range from a minimum ener

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The electrons emitted from a nucleus during beta decay range from a minimum energy of zero up to a maximum of E_max. However, the energy of the nucleus is always reduced by E_max. What explains this difference in energy? A photon of energy E_max - E_electron is emitted from the nucleus along with the electron. A positron is also emitted by the nucleus but quickly annihilated. A neutrino of energy E_max - E_electron is emitted from the nucleus along with the electron. Only momentum has to be conserved in beta decay, not energy. Nothing needs to be explained; momentum and energy are not conserved in beta decay.

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Beta deacy  is a type of radioactive decay in which a proton is transformed into a neutron, or vice versa, The beta decay is two types, beta minus decay ( electrons emission ) and beta plus decay ( positron emission )

In the beta minus decay reaction,A neutrino of energy Emax - E electron is emitted from the nuclues along with electron.

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