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Neutron beta-decay electron endpoints (Ee,max​=(mn2​+me2​−mp2​)c2/(2mn​))

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In the neutron rest frame with a massless antineutrino, the smallest electron total energy is me​c2. At the upper endpoint the neutrino becomes soft and the electron and proton recoil with opposite equal momenta. The proton is not at rest there.

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