TY - JOUR AU - Ninham, Barry W. AU - Brevik, Iver AU - Boström, Mathias PY - 2022/12/05 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Equivalence of Electromagnetic Fluctuation and Nuclear (Yukawa) Forces: the π₀ Meson, its Mass and Lifetime JF - Substantia JA - Substantia VL - 7 IS - 1 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.36253/Substantia-1807 UR - https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/1807 SP - 7-14 AB - <p>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.</p> ER -