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May 5, 2017 at 0:51 vote accept ashpool
Feb 19, 2017 at 16:15 answer added Joshua timeline score: 2
May 22, 2014 at 23:31 comment added Nikos M. Another reason might be the charge conservation and the matter-anti-matter asymmetry (conjecturing here). Neutron do not have to preserve charge thus have less conditions to withhold. There are more things in reality than your philosophy discusses Horatius :)
May 21, 2014 at 11:18 comment added Carl Witthoft It's not "why," it's "how." First we observe the instability (or, depending on the particle in question, predict it from previous laws and equations derived from other observations) and then we match our models to the observations.
May 21, 2014 at 8:59 comment added John Rennie Related: Why is the (free) neutron lifetime so long?
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May 21, 2014 at 2:22
May 21, 2014 at 1:09 comment added Javier Short answer: the proton is the lightest baryon. Because of conservation of energy and baryon number, there's nothing it can decay to.
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