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Re:Exotic Atom by deftnerd on Sunday March 10, 2019 @03:13PM (#19353735)
The header of the wikipedia article mentions that because the resulting particles are usually unstable, the exotic atoms typically have short lifetimes.

If someone has the time to point to the research, the article would be massively improved by mentioning the typical lifetimes of each of the listed exotic atoms.

A "short lifetime" could be nanoseconds or could be years when you compare it to the traditional lifetime of the non-exotic version of the atom and knowing what is typical for each exotic atom would be good information to have at a glance.

Re:Exotic Atom by _Microft on Sunday March 10, 2019 @03:36PM (#19353895)
The half-life of approximately 15 minutes for free neutrons is considered long. It's actually the longest for any sub-atomic particle if I recall correctly.
Re:Exotic Atom by batbomb on Sunday March 10, 2019 @03:58PM (#19354043)
I think protons would like to have a word with you.
Re:Exotic Atom by _Microft on Sunday March 10, 2019 @04:14PM (#19354136)
Proton decay has never been observed, afaik.

Edit: that's still the case. Since protons can not decay in the standard model, actually observing it would be huge.

Re:Exotic Atom by NZGumboot on Monday March 11, 2019 @07:59PM (#19364116)
Free protons (protons outside of an atom) have never been observed to decay. Protons inside a nucleus can of course decay, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission
Re:Exotic Atom by apokkv on Sunday March 10, 2019 @07:45PM (#19355529)
The half-life of those exotic atoms are almost the same as the particles themselves, if not the exact same, so about 2.2us for the muonic atom.