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: or when written as a nuclear reaction equation, ^{0}_{-1}e + ^{1}_{1}p -> ^{1}_{0}n + ^{0}_{0} ?

Since this single emitted neutrino carries the entire decay energy, it has this single characteristic energy. Similarly, the momentum of the neutrino emission causes the daughter atom to recoil with a single characteristic momentum.

The resulting daughter nuclide, if it is in

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