Question

Inverse beta decay, the subatomic interaction by which an electron and a proton are "crushed" into a neutron, the process in which the recoil, on a massive scale of an entire stellar nucleus, pushes out the outer layers of the star in the cataclysmic explosion of a supernova and transforms the stellar nucleus into a neutron star.

Answer 1

Options:

A. the process in which the recoil, on a massive scale of an entire stellar nucleus, pushes out the outer layers of the star in the cataclysmic explosion of a supernova and transforming

B. the process where the recoil, on a massive scale of an entire stellar nucleus, are pushing out the outer layers of the star in the cataclysmic explosion of a supernova and transforms

C. the process in which the recoil, on a massive scale of an entire stellar nucleus, pushes out the outer layers of the star in the cataclysmic explosion of a supernova and are transforming

D. is the process in which the recoil, on a massive scale of an entire stellar nucleus, pushes out the outer layers of the star in the cataclysmic explosion of a supernova and transforms

E. is the process where the recoil, on a massive scale of an entire stellar nucleus, are pushing out the outer layers of the star in the cataclysmic explosion of a supernova and transforms

Answer:

D. is the process in which the recoil, on a massive scale of an entire stellar nucleus, pushes out the outer layers of the star in the cataclysmic explosion of a supernova and transforms

Explanation:

NB: In options A-C, the verb "is" is required as a compliment to the subject "inverse beta decay"

The tenses used also do not align with the subjects.

Option E uses "where" for a process. This is wrong, it should only be used for a physical location

Only option D does not violate any rule of concord.