Question: (a) How much energy would be released if the proton did decay via the conjectured reaction (b) Given that the 0 decays to

(a) How much energy would be released if the proton did decay via the conjectured reaction Pn +et? 

(b) Given that the π0 decays to two γ s and that the et will find an electron to annihilate, what total energy is ultimately produced in proton decay? 

(c) Why is this energy greater than the proton's total mass (converted to energy)?

Pn + et?

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