Equivalence of Electromagnetic Fluctuation and Nuclear (Yukawa) Forces: the π<inf>0</inf> Meson, its Mass and Lifetime
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2023Metadata
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Abstract
It is shown how Maxwell’s equations for the electromagnetic field with Planck quantisation of allowed modes appears to provide a semiclassical account of nuclear interactions. The mesons emerge as plasmons, collective excitations in an electron positron pair sea. The lifetime and mass of mesons are predicted.