In beta minus decay, beta-minus particle and anti-neutrino are ejected, leaving behind daughter nucleus. $\beta^-$ and anti-neutrino both are leptons.
- Were the leptons already present in the nucleus in some form?
- Weak interactions are responsible for various processes here (and transformation of bosons).But, anyhow, if the above leptons are created, then can we call leptons elementary & indivisible?
- Are above leptons mass equivalent of some released energy?
- Is the transformation of quarks (neutron to proton conversion) and bosons ($W^+,W^-,Z$) the only cause of creation of above leptons?...SIMILAR process for beta-minus and plus decay. Only neutron-proton conversion opposite, there's positron instead of electron, neutrino instead of anti-neutrino. My question about creation of leptons remains the same.
