Yukawa: a massive quantum mediating nuclear interaction

What changed

Proposed a short-range interaction between protons and neutrons mediated by a new massive quantum and connected the construction to beta disintegration.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact 1935 Proceedings paper. Yukawa’s manuscript and 1934 presentation, later papers in the series, meson identification and subsequent nuclear-force theory remain separate.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1935 Proceedings paper. Yukawa’s manuscript and 1934 presentation, later papers in the series, meson identification and subsequent nuclear-force theory remain separate.

Contributors

• Hideki Yukawa · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Yukawa, On the Interaction of Elementary Particles I
• University of Osaka Yukawa archive record

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