33.1 The Yukawa Particle and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Revisited
Estimating a pion's mass from the short range of the nuclear force through the energy-time uncertainty relation, and mesons as carriers of that force.
College Physics 2e, 33.1 The Yukawa Particle and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Revisited
2 exercises
33.1 Exercise 1
A virtual particle having an approximate mass of may be associated with the unification of the strong and electroweak forces. For what length of time could this virtual particle exist (in temporary violation of the conservation of mass-energy as allowed by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle)?
33.1 Exercise 3
Another component of the strong nuclear force is transmitted by the exchange of virtual K-mesons. Taking K-mesons to have an average mass of , what is the approximate range of this component of the strong force?
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