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IT seems that an electron does not exist as a separate dynamical entity in a neutron. We assume, accordingly, that when a neutron is formed from a proton and an electron, the excess of energy of the particles is transformed into rest mass, energy and momentum being conserved.
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MEKSYN, D. Structure of Neutrons and -Disintegration. Nature 137, 906 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137906a0
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