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clocks212 t1_iy8yb5f wrote

Reply to comment by mfb- in What stabilizes a Neutron in a Nucleus from Neutron Decay? by UnifiedQuantumField

Why/how is that? How can more particles = less energy?

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mfb- t1_iy8zc6x wrote

Attractive forces lower the energy of bound systems. It's the same concept as for e.g. a hydrogen atom, which has 13.6 eV less energy than the sum of isolated proton and isolated electron.

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