A diproton is a hypothetical type of helium nucleus consisting of two protons and no neutrons. Diprotons are not stable under the existing laws of physics, since the electrostatic repulsion of the two protons' positive charges overcomes the strong nuclear force holding them together, but it has been speculated that if the strength of the strong force had been only 2% greater all protons would bind together into stable diprotons. This hypothetical situation has been called a "diproton catastrophe" since the behavior of matter would be radically different in such a universe. General Name, Symbol, Number helium, He, 2 Chemical series noble gases Group, Period, Block 18, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 4. ... Properties In physics, the proton (Greek proton = first) is a subatomic particle with an electric charge of one positive fundamental unit (1. ... Properties In physics, the neutron is a subatomic particle with no net electric charge and a mass of 939. ... Electrostatics is the branch of physics that deals with the force exerted by a static (i. ... The strong nuclear force or strong interaction (also called color force or colour force) is a fundamental force of nature which affects only quarks and antiquarks, and is mediated by gluons in a similar fashion to how the electromagnetic force is mediated by photons. ... The deepest visible-light image of the cosmos, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. ...
A diproton is a hypothetical type of helium nucleus consisting of two protons and no neutrons.
Diprotons are not stable, since the electrostatic repulsion of the two protons' positive charges overcomes the strong nuclear force holding them together.
The impossibility of diprotons may therefore be an example of an anthropic coincidence.
Diprotons are not stable, since the electrostatic repulsion of the two protons' positive charges overcomes the strong nuclear force holding them together, but it has been speculated that if the strength of the strong force had been only 2% greater all protons would bind together into stable diprotons.
This hypothetical situation has been called a "diproton catastrophe" since the behavior of matter would be radically different in such a universe.
Lacking a theory of everything to explain why certain parameters of the laws of physics take on the values that they do, the issue of how the laws of physics are seemingly "fine-tuned" for the existence of life as we know it as been raised in discussions of creationism and the anthropic principle.
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