(particle physics) A particle, having a finite rest mass, whose exchange between nucleons is postulated to account for the strong, short-range forces between them; such a contributor is the pi meson.
Yukawa meson
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 | Yukawa force (nuclear physics) |
| Year 1947 (in Science & Technology) |
| Hideki Yukawa |
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- Yukawa force (nuclear physics)
- Year 1947 (in Science & Technology)
- Hideki Yukawa
- elementary particles (in physics)
- Cecil Frank Powell
- Nature (journal)
