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What is the equation for antineutrino proton collision?

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The equation for an antineutrino collision with a proton involves inverse beta decay and is generally represented as ve + p → n + e+, where ve is an electron's antineutrino, p is the proton, n is a neutron, and e+ is a positron.

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You have enquired about the equation for an antineutrino proton collision. This type of reaction is not a typical antineutrino interaction because antineutrinos are much less likely to collide directly with protons due to their neutral charge and very weak interaction with matter. Typically, antineutrinos are products of nuclear reactions or beta decay processes, not initial reactants in collisions with protons. However, for educational purposes, when neutrinos or antineutrinos do interact with protons, the process can result in inverse beta decay, a reaction where a neutrino collides with a proton to create a neutron and a positron (p+), in the case of antineutrinos the positron would be an electron (e-). The general reaction is: ve + p → n + e+, where ve represents an electron's antineutrino, p is the proton, n is a neutron and e+ is a positron. Note that in this reaction, the charges balance out, and the lepton number is conserved as per the conservation laws.

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