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Mon Sep 20 10:46:25 EDT 1999 , Nienke (nkorsten@ucu.uu.nl)
Could you explain to me why a proton and a neuron can form a bound state, but two neurons can't?
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2 (Click here to reply) Thu Oct 7 13:23:39 EDT 1999 , Steve Baker (sdb22@cornell.edu)

On Mon Sep 20 10:46:25 EDT 1999, Nienke said:
>Could you explain to me why a proton and a neuron can form >a bound state, but two neurons can't?

First of all, it's a "neutron", not "neuron", and what "slurp" said is blatantly wrong. Neutrons have no charge. Anyway, I'm not really sure the correct answer of your question. It probably has something to do with the way the strong force works between two neutrons, as opposed to between a proton-proton or proton-neutron.

Also, there are such things as "neutron stars" which are composed entirely of neutrons. They are extremely dense and are not made of atoms (no protons, just neutrons bound together). I think that's correct.

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1 (Click here to reply) Thu Sep 30 07:12:53 EDT 1999 , slurp

On Mon Sep 20 10:46:25 EDT 1999, Nienke said:
>Could you explain to me why a proton and a neuron can form a bound state, but two neurons can't?

It's like magnets, + and + don't match, neither does - and -
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f	neurons in a bound state (Click here to reply)	Mon Sep 20 10:46:25 EDT 1999 , Nienke (nkorsten@ucu.uu.nl)
	Could you explain to me why a proton and a neuron can form a bound state, but two neurons can't?
	Posted from ucu-105-241.ucu.uu.nl.

2	(Click here to reply)	Thu Oct 7 13:23:39 EDT 1999 , Steve Baker (sdb22@cornell.edu)
	On Mon Sep 20 10:46:25 EDT 1999, Nienke said: >Could you explain to me why a proton and a neuron can form >a bound state, but two neurons can't? First of all, it's a "neutron", not "neuron", and what "slurp" said is blatantly wrong. Neutrons have no charge. Anyway, I'm not really sure the correct answer of your question. It probably has something to do with the way the strong force works between two neutrons, as opposed to between a proton-proton or proton-neutron. Also, there are such things as "neutron stars" which are composed entirely of neutrons. They are extremely dense and are not made of atoms (no protons, just neutrons bound together). I think that's correct.
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1	(Click here to reply)	Thu Sep 30 07:12:53 EDT 1999 , slurp
	On Mon Sep 20 10:46:25 EDT 1999, Nienke said: >Could you explain to me why a proton and a neuron can form a bound state, but two neurons can't? It's like magnets, + and + don't match, neither does - and -
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