Author(s)

Giovanni Guido^1*#, Abele Bianchi^2#

¹Retired Teacher of C. Cavalleri, Parabiago, Milano, Italy.
²Retired Teacher of Gandini, Lodi, Milano, Italy.

To explain the anomaly (τ_b ≠ τ_f) of the neutron lifetime τ in some experiments, in “bottle” τ_b and in “beam” τ_f, we resort to an anomalous form of the neutron n_a. This form belongs to one of two different states of the structure of the quark configurations making up the neutron (nucleon): first, an ordinary form Ψ_o, while the second is an “anomalous” form Ψ_a, difficult to detect and decay. If the ordinary configuration is present in everyone nuclear processes, to strong and weak interactions, and in diffusion processes, the anomalous form can emerge, in casual way and probabilistic, in some processes of fusion with production of neutrons and can be highlighted in some experiments as those in “bottle” and in “beam”, see the anomaly of the neutron lifetime. We show that the anomalous form Ψ_a can be highlighted in the coupling between a dipoles’ lattice of virtual bosons W and the neutron (nucleon) because the neutron into anomalous configuration does not decays. Finally, we interpret the anomalous neutron as a “dark” neutron, presenting, so, the dark matter as an anomalous form of hadron matter.

Anomaly, Anomalous Neutron, Dark Neutron, Geometric Structure, Discrepancy, Bosons’ Lattice, Weak Decay

Guido, G. and Bianchi, A. (2023) A Novelty Solution to the Neutron Anomaly (An Anomalous Neutron or “Dark”?). Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology, 9, 353-378. doi: 10.4236/jhepgc.2023.91024.