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neutrons released from a fission event cause other fission events in a continuing self-sustaining cascade |
Chain reaction |
Fission event |
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Beta positron decay |
A type of radioactive decay that involves emission of a high speed antimatter counterpart to the electron from the nucleus. The atomic number goes down by one and the mass number remains unchanged. |
Beta |
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Pair production |
A particular antiparticle pair are materialized from energy. |
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