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Proton Decay, If It Happens
≈ 10³⁶ years, if at all · Far Future
- Temperature (K)
- 1e-14
- When
- ≈ 10³⁶ years, if at all
- Redshift
- —
- Era
- Far Future
- Seconds After Big Bang
- 3.155693e+43
What Happened
Grand unified theories predict the proton decays, with a lifetime now known to exceed 10³⁴ years. Experiments have watched tens of thousands of tonnes of water for decades and seen nothing, so this entry may simply never occur.
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