 Neutron beta-decay electron endpoints (source code)

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= Neutron beta-decay electron endpoints
{title2=$E_{e,\max}=(m_n^2+m_e^2-m_p^2)c^2/(2m_n)$}

In the <neutron> rest frame with a massless antineutrino, the smallest electron total energy is $m_ec^2$. 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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