[Profpat]

Thank you for your response Roger;

" *** (i) What is there in those positive and negative spaces that allows the particles to interact?

(ii) Are you saying that neutrons are negative?"

No I think neutrons are neutral with a balance of 4 positive areas and 4 negative areas. Like the sun I view the proton and neutron to be multipoled, not bipoled like the earth.

As far as binding it would be difficult and that is why most of the universe is hydrogen or helium. To bond beyond that would take the crushing pressure of stars.

Once bound they stay together mostly from the attachment of positive and negative areas.( please refer to my Venn diagram. ) You know opposites attract. But I think only the proton is a stable particle, in that they are unable to free the quarks inside the proton. Though I read where a free proton, and neutron convert to each other every 23 seconds, which is near eternity on a nuclear level. But that is why I view the proton/electron & neutron to be the same particle.

Once again best to you Roger,

Pat