Definition:Positron/Mistake

Source Work

1958: C.A. Coulson: Electricity (5th ed.):

Chapter $\text {I}$: Preliminary Survey

$\S 1$. Electrostatics

Mistake

The smallest positive charge ... is on the proton; the same charge exists on the positive electron, a much lighter particle than the proton, but this particle is not stable ...

Correction

Technically speaking, the positron is intrinsically stable.

However, it does not in general stay around very long, because it swiftly encounters an electron, which are ubiquitous.

The pair then annihilate each other in a burst of energy.

Sources

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