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n. - Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).

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  • After experimental evidence of the existence of mesons had been given the interest in Yukawa's theory rose quickly.
  • The others were the physicists, Hideki Yukawa (1949),
  • Yukawa solved this problem by letting the meson have a mass.
  • These investigations have been guided by the theory of Yukawa.
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