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It makes no reference to lifetimes in the article, other than to say the outer electron shields it. The Wikipedia article mentions that it has a high energy, w
by mikewarot 5y ago
It makes no reference to lifetimes in the article, other than to say the outer electron shields it.
The Wikipedia article mentions that it has a high energy, which aligns with the original article, which also states they figured out how to lower the energy.
So, mixed signals... it could be stable??
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoNo. The problem is that once the antiproton reaches the ground state, its wavefunction has significant overlap with the nucleus. That means that it's going to encounter the proton in short order.