From: H Veeder
Perhaps binding energy is not the technically correct term. Let me put it this way. If a deuteron transitions to diproton before it becomes two protons, what is the potential energy of the diproton? harry OK that much is known. The resonant spectrum of the diproton is around .45 MeV which is about the same as electron/positron annihilation, but protons are unlikely to cause much bremsstrahlung so this could go un-noticed. There is electrostatic repulsion fighting against the strong force … but there is a brief lifetime for the protons to be together, even if ostensibly unbound. The lifetime is somewhere around 10^(-21) s. Jones Beene wrote: The diproton is unbound, due to Pauli exclusion. From: H Veeder The lack of google results concerning the value of the binding energy of a diproton is noteworthy. In fact I couldn't find any value. Can anyone? Harry
