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Ratio of Nucleon Mass and Electron Mass

Nature volume 185, page 602 (1960)Cite this article

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WITH reference to the experimental value 1840 for the ratio of nucleon and electron mass, mentioned by Prof. A. J. Rutgers in Nature of September 19, p. 1959, it may be noted that the ratio of proton mass and electron mass is given by the exponential equation:

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WORRALL, R. Ratio of Nucleon Mass and Electron Mass. Nature 185, 602 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185602b0

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