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re: Do you accept the notion of the Big Bang as the origin of our universe?
Posted on 1/6/18 at 9:58 pm to Kentucker
Posted on 1/6/18 at 9:58 pm to Kentucker
Kentucker (or anyone else) do you have any thoughts on the following:
I have no problem accepting two up quarks and one down quark forming a proton given the conditions immediately after the BB. However, I have trouble seeing how an equivalent number of neutrons could form given that the two negatively charged down particles that (along with an up particle) compose it would be more likely to repulse themselves than unite.
It seems to me that you would have a universe with more stand-alone protons than protons that have combined with neutrons. Yet we only see proton neutron pairs or extra neutrons attached. Where did all the protons go?
I have no problem accepting two up quarks and one down quark forming a proton given the conditions immediately after the BB. However, I have trouble seeing how an equivalent number of neutrons could form given that the two negatively charged down particles that (along with an up particle) compose it would be more likely to repulse themselves than unite.
It seems to me that you would have a universe with more stand-alone protons than protons that have combined with neutrons. Yet we only see proton neutron pairs or extra neutrons attached. Where did all the protons go?
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Posted on 1/6/18 at 10:12 pm to Paul B Ammer
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It seems to me that you would have a universe with more stand-alone protons than protons that have combined with neutrons. Yet we only see proton neutron pairs or extra neutrons attached. Where did all the protons go?
Ever heard of a pentaquark? It's one of an increasing number of exotic particles that are being confirmed by the LHC in Geneva.
It seems there were many options for quarks to form particles other than the two-up/one-down protons we're so familiar with.
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