Protonium

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It looks like they’ve found protonium in the decay of a heavy particle!

Protonium is made of a proton and an antiproton orbiting each other. It lasts a very short time before they annihilate each other.

It’s a bit like a hydrogen atom where the electron has been replaced with an antiproton! But it’s much smaller than a hydrogen atom. And unlike a hydrogen atom, which is held together by the electric force, protonium is mainly held together by the strong nuclear force.

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