Elementary particles can have extremely long lifespans approaching stability

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Standard particle physics models and Grand Unified Theories support the premise that certain elementary particles, such as the proton, can possess extraordinarily long lifespans, pushing the limits of stability.

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The claim addresses the extremely long lifespans or stability of elementary particles (such as nucleons/protons). Papers [5] and [6] discuss proton decay suppression and baryon number violation limits, which imply that elementary particles can have lifetimes vastly exceeding the age of the universe, rendering them effectively stable or near-stable. The retrieved papers on this topic support this established physics concept.

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Flavor Physics in SO(10) GUTs with Suppressed Proton decay Due to Gauged Discrete Symmetry

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A. Azatov. Flavor Physics in SO(10) GUTs with Suppressed Proton decay Due to Gauged Discrete Symmetry. 2008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/335/1/012024

Paper [5] discusses GUT models that suppress proton decay, leading to exceptionally long lifetimes for elementary particles like the proton.

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Baryon Number Violation: From Nuclear Matrix Elements to BSM Physics

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Leah Broussard, A. Crivellin, M. Hoferichter, S. Syritsyn, Yasumichi Aoki, Joshua L. Barrow, Arnau Bas i Beneito, Z. Berezhiani, N. F. Calabria, S. Fajfer, Susan Gardner, Julian Heeck, Cailian Jiang, Luca Naterop, Alexey A. Petrov, R. Shrock, Adrian Thompson, U. V. Kolck, M. Wagman, Linyan Wan, J. Womersley, J. Yoo. Baryon Number Violation: From Nuclear Matrix Elements to BSM Physics. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/adf081

Paper [6] reviews baryon number violation physics, highlighting ongoing research into extremely long-lived elementary particles such as the proton.

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first checked01 Aug 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 8101 Aug 2026

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