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RE: The neutron darkness in a bottle (and a beam)
What saves matter is that within an atomic core, neutrons are not alone. They are surrounded by other protons and neutrons, which collectively makes the atomic nucleus a stable system.
This means that neutrons still go through decay, even within an atomic core, or interaction with other particles prevents this? Or some sort of equilibrium is achieved as a consequence of interactions between atomic nucleus constituents?
The bound state (i.e. the atomic nucleus) will be stable by virtue of the strong interaction, regardless of the fact that some of its constituents are unstable when taken as such.