Yukawa Interaction: What Is It & Why Not Part of Standard Model?

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Yukawa interaction refers to a potential used to model the strong force, characterized by an exponentially decaying term that indicates its short-range nature. It was historically significant in understanding particle interactions but is not part of the Standard Model due to advancements in particle physics, particularly the role of gluons. The Yukawa potential can be expressed mathematically, and while it served its purpose, modern theories provide a more accurate description of strong force interactions. The discussion also touches on the parameters involved in the potential, such as 'a' and 'r', which represent adjustable factors and radius, respectively. Overall, while the Yukawa potential was foundational, it has been superseded by more comprehensive models in contemporary physics.
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Hello There I may have some mistakes so correct me when I wrote something wrong.My question is:what's the yukawa's interaction and why it is not part of standard model?
 
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I remembered having seen that once it was to compute the Fourier transform of the coulomb potential it is like $$V(r)=\frac{e^{-ar}}{r}$$ then you put a to zero after the transform.
 
Thank you very much(;But what is α
PS! Am I correct that r is radius?
 
AleksanderPhy said:
Thank you very much(;But what is α
PS! Am I correct that r is radius?
Right.
a is just some adjustable parameter. There are other threads on the topic too maybe worth to look at them.
 
Thank you so much it helped me lot.
 
The Yukawa potential was used early on to model the strong force I believe. The exponentially decaying term gave rise to an exponential weakening of the force (strong force is short distance). But we have a better picture now of the strong force (what with the gluons and stuff). The Yukawa potential itself is just a potential with some functional force, whether nature conforms to this picture is a separate issue.
 
Thx same words:biggrin:
 

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