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BernieM
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A nucleon that consists entirely of two or more protons, would be accelerated evenly, as each proton would see the same force (barring any collisions or other extraneous events.) Each should experience the same force of repulsion or attraction that is causing them to accelerate, so they should experience a minimal force between them that might cause the nucleon to break down into separate particels. Is this correct? In a situation with a proton and a neutron, there is no acceleration by attraction or repulsion from an electrical or magnetic field, so the neutron would be accelerated simply by 'hanging on' to the proton through the strong force, is this correct? Attached to the proton by a rubber band so to speak. The neutron, having a tiny bit more mass, then the neutron should have different kinetic or inertial moments than the proton while accelerating or decelerating. Is that a relatively correct statement and conclusion?
If so, and I haven't made any egregious mistakes so far (with the exception of missing a few other possible differences between the two under a magnetic or electrical field being accelerated, like magnetic moments) then would there be a rate of acceleration, the acceleration alone, being capable of tearing the two apart from each other? And if so how would that be calculated? Would one just calculate the difference of the accelerations and look for that point that the difference would be equal to or greater than the strong force? If a neutron can be separated from the proton by acceleration rate alone, would the direction that the neutron would 'fly off' from the proton be the same that it is moving just prior to being separated from the proton?
I guess what I am asking is, that in the case of atomic decay and neutron emission, it's pretty much a monte carlo simulation as to which direction the neutron is going to go. But in this case, with the neutron already in motion at a high velocity, and the weak force not causing the separation, wouldn't its direction simply be to continue on in the direction it had been going? Or will there be other forces other than kinetic energy that will enter the picture when it separates? (Again, barring any collisions.)
If so, and I haven't made any egregious mistakes so far (with the exception of missing a few other possible differences between the two under a magnetic or electrical field being accelerated, like magnetic moments) then would there be a rate of acceleration, the acceleration alone, being capable of tearing the two apart from each other? And if so how would that be calculated? Would one just calculate the difference of the accelerations and look for that point that the difference would be equal to or greater than the strong force? If a neutron can be separated from the proton by acceleration rate alone, would the direction that the neutron would 'fly off' from the proton be the same that it is moving just prior to being separated from the proton?
I guess what I am asking is, that in the case of atomic decay and neutron emission, it's pretty much a monte carlo simulation as to which direction the neutron is going to go. But in this case, with the neutron already in motion at a high velocity, and the weak force not causing the separation, wouldn't its direction simply be to continue on in the direction it had been going? Or will there be other forces other than kinetic energy that will enter the picture when it separates? (Again, barring any collisions.)