What happens after a proton merges into the nucleus?

Aforce of 34n stretches a very light ideal spring 0.73 m from equilibrium, what is the force constant (spring constant) of the spring? (a) 47n/m (b) 38n/m (c) 53n/m (d) 25n/m

On a day when the barometer reads 75.23 cm, a reaction vessel holds 250 ml of ideal gas at 20 celsius. an oil manometer ( ρ= 810 kg/m^3) reads the pressure in the vessel to be 41 cm of oil and below atmospheric pressure. what volume will the gas occupy under s. t.p.?

Where is the potential energy throughout the loading, cocking, and releasing of the trebuchet?