Helion (chemistry)
A helion (symbol h) is the nucleus of a helium atom, a doubly positively charged cation. The term helion is a portmanteau of helium and ion, and in practice refers specifically to the nucleus of the helium-3 isotope, consisting of two protons and one neutron. The nucleus of the other stable isotope of helium, helium-4, which consists of two protons and two neutrons, is called an alpha particle. This particle is the daughter product in the beta-minus decay of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen:

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CODATA reports the mass of a helion particle as  = 

Helions are intermediate products in the proton–proton chain reaction in stellar fusion. An antihelion is the antiparticle of a helion, consisting of two antiprotons and an antineutron. References

Nuclear chemistry
Helium