Reactions between nucleons and mesons, and the search for negative protons

ABSTRACT SEVERAL authors1 have suggested that negative protons (_p_−) may be emitted from (β−-radioactive nuclei which emit a delayed neutron (_n_−0). (In our notations for the particles,

the upper index refers to the charge, the lower one to the magnetic moment.) Some unsuccessful attempts2 at detection have been made. This suggestion has originated from the fact that the

rest energies of the neutron and an electron ε− are together greater than that of _p_− by 1.826 MeV. It will be shown in this communication that the above suggestion is unfounded. Access

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