Some math help, please.

[daniel]

In a neutron star, electrons and protons merge under the degeneracy pressure to become neutrons. You don't get a neutron from electrons alone.

 

[ℬête Noire]

In a neutron star, electrons and protons merge under the degeneracy pressure to become neutrons. You don't get a neutron from electrons alone.

That is exactly what I was referring with "they disappear into neutrons", the into wasn't meant as "change into" neutrons. It was meant as "merging into, with a proton". The electron's energy is "inside" the new neutron, it just isn't in electron form anymore. Apologies that wasn't clear from my phrasing.

 

[daniel]

That is exactly what I was referring with "they disappear into neutrons", the into wasn't meant as "change into" neutrons. It was meant as "merging into, with a proton". The electron's energy is "inside" the new neutron, it just isn't in electron form anymore. Apologies that wasn't clear from my phrasing.

Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I misunderstood.