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[–] niktemadur 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Then watch all protons suddenly burp out a couple of leptons and a photon, instantly decay into some other lower mass thingy.

[–] AffineConnection 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As long as protons are the lowest mass baryon, there is nothing for them to decay to (barring violation of baryon number conservation).

[–] niktemadur 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But surely with a higher mass, they'll be - to quote C3PO here - not entirely stable, with a new lower mass and that particle having another name.