On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 10:03 AM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote:
I assume that the only reason that they do not join together is because of > some form of quantum mechanical process. It is interesting that the > electron seeks close companionship with the proton, but not too close. > I would imagine the potential barrier imposed by the need to generate a huge W- boson virtual particle in connection with the weak interaction is responsible for some of this. Eric

