Comment on Physicists make most precise measurement of neutron’s lifetimeparentComments−kadoban4yThis is the best answer I've seen: https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/63387 which to my layman eyes basically seems to match your theory.−JumpCrisscross4yDoes this mean the neutrons are continuously degrading? Their decay products continuously recombining into new neutrons? (Though that would imply "evaporation" at the surface?)−kadoban4yI _think_ not, it's just energenically unfavorable so it should ~never happen.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urca_process this does seem to be going on though, which tbh I just don't understand so it may contradict what I just said, or not.−savant_penguin4yI'll pretend I understood what the answer says about there not being enough energy and boldly ask: what if the neutron star is spinning _really_ fast?−jfoutz4yYou are spinning pretty fast on the side of the planet, but you don’t go flying out into space. Same deal, I’d guess as a layman.
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This is the best answer I've seen: https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/63387 which to my layman eyes basically seems to match your theory.
Does this mean the neutrons are continuously degrading? Their decay products continuously recombining into new neutrons? (Though that would imply "evaporation" at the surface?)
I _think_ not, it's just energenically unfavorable so it should ~never happen.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urca_process this does seem to be going on though, which tbh I just don't understand so it may contradict what I just said, or not.
I'll pretend I understood what the answer says about there not being enough energy and boldly ask: what if the neutron star is spinning _really_ fast?
You are spinning pretty fast on the side of the planet, but you don’t go flying out into space. Same deal, I’d guess as a layman.