Interaction of Heavy Nuclear Particles

Abstract

SOME time ago, it was suggested that the interaction between neutrons and protons goes on via particles of small mass—electrons (positrons) and neutrinos—somewhat in the same way as electromagnetic interaction (compare Coulomb's law) is transferred by photons¹. After a recent discussion of the problem by Heisenberg², who pointed out the necessity for changing the r⁵ law to one involving r¹ or r⁹, it seems desirable to perform the calculations for the magnitude of interaction in the most simple manner.