Timeline for What experiment(s) have or can refute the existence of an electron-particle "system" over the separate existence of a neutron within itself?
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| S Apr 29, 2015 at 0:56 | history | suggested | David Richerby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Typo: premise of question is a neutron (not proton) being formed of p+n+e.
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| Apr 28, 2015 at 15:40 | history | edited | Luboš Motl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 28, 2015 at 15:36 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | @doc You seem to be asking for a small number of experiments which nail down the reliability of both quantum mechanics and quantum field theories. There is not a short list of experiments that do this, there are thousands (literally) of experiments that contribute to the high degree of certainty we put in our understanding of the world of the very small. If you wanted a small number to hint that your idea has direct problems then Time4Tea's suggestion in the comments is good: measurements of the charges of the constituent partons in Drell-Yan. | |
| Apr 28, 2015 at 15:34 | comment | added | Luboš Motl | Dear @docscience, experiments can only refute a "position" if it is sufficiently well-defined to make at least some predictions that are not guaranteed a priori. With any understanding of the "composition" we have seen, and with some knowledge what the composition means according to quantum mechanics, your theory makes the prediction that the neutron will behave like the hydrogen atom or be indistinguishable, and easy experiments are surely enough to refute this prediction. You may refuse the assumptions "what QM implies about composite states" but then you have to write a whole new theory. | |
| Apr 28, 2015 at 14:52 | comment | added | docscience | And the specific experiment(s) you cited to refute my position? | |
| Apr 28, 2015 at 14:52 | history | edited | Luboš Motl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 28, 2015 at 14:41 | history | answered | Luboš Motl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |