Radioactivity: Beta Decay

146C ---> 147N + 0-1e + 00neutrino is the equation for 'beta decay' of carbon-14. (We refer below to the carbon nucleus as the 'parent nucleus' and the nitrogen nucleus as the 'daughter nucleus') What happens to the nucleons in the nucleus when this process happens?

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