τ > 2.4 × 10³⁴ yr

THESIS Main (won so far): no proton decay seen. Super-Kamiokande (Takenaka et al., Phys. Rev. D 102, 112011, 2020), with 450 kton·yr from 1996 to 2018, sets τ/B(p → e⁺π⁰) > 2.4 × 10³⁴ yr and τ/B(p → μ⁺π⁰) > 1.6 × 10³⁴ yr at 90% CL (LIT, verified). Ghost (lost): minimal SU(5) (Georgi–Glashow 1974), which predicted lifetimes around 10²⁹–10³¹ yr and was ruled out by experiments (LIT). COMPUTED22.5 kton of water holds about 7.5 × 10³³ protons, so at τ = 2.4 × 10³⁴ yr you'd expect about 0.31 decays a year in the original fiducial volume (before efficiency). At an SU(5)-style 10³⁰ yr, it would be thousands a year. If the gods' bricks were as fragile as SU(5) said, we'd see them crumble.

MNEMONIC "Twenty-four point three: the proton holds."

log₁₀ τ +1 decade

After Isaac Asimov, The Gods Themselves (1972): original writing, credited; the only quotation is the title’s source line. Main track = the idea that won; ghost track = the challenger that lost. Entangled partner: ragnarok-heat-death.

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