English Explanatory Dictionary

Yukawa interaction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of interaction between a scalar field and a Dirac field, used to describe the nuclear force between nucleons mediated by pions.

Word forms

Yukawa interaction Yukawa interactions

Etymology

Named after Hideki Yukawa.

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