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Proton decay may be a thing but it's not predicted by current models. But similar to your example, neutron decay is a thing (a free neutron has a halflife of a
by wiml 3y ago
Proton decay may be a thing but it's not predicted by current models.
But similar to your example, neutron decay is a thing (a free neutron has a halflife of about 10 minutes), and yet many nuclei are stable for much longer.
- ISL 3y agoProton decay is predicted by many models -- it's the reason the first huge water-Cherenkov detectors were built. The surprising thing is that, for some reason, they've never been observed to decay.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoIf they can’t decay then time can’t stop.