On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Joseph S. Barrera III <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 5/3/2013 11:03 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: > >> In recent years I began to feel that high energy physics experiments >> might be places where the properties of sub-atomic particles are *forged >> rather than discovered. With the positron-in-neutron I can now point to a >> specific experiment to illustrate this feeling. >> > > But what would keep the positron bound to the neutron? Neither > electromagnetic nor strong forces would apply. The neutron is electrically > neutral and the positron is unaffected by the strong force. > > - Joe > > The positron resides inside the neutron. There is no reason for the positron to leave the neutron as long it is has no association with other particles. Harry
