Calculation of the $n - p$ Mass Difference

29 January 1968

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 20 (5) , 232-234
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.20.232

Abstract

Assuming that the Regge asymptotic behavior prevails and using a generalized super-convergence relation, we compute the first-order electromagnetic nucleon mass difference. We find

M_{p} - M_{n} \approx - 1.4

MeV compared with the experimental value -1.3 MeV.

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Calculation of then−pMass Difference

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Calculation of the $n - p$ Mass Difference