// Scilab Code Ex10.7 Mass of Yukawa particle: Pg: 222 (2008) h = 6.626e-034; // Reduced Planck's constant, Js e = 1.6e-019; // Charge on an electron, coulomb R0 = 1.2e-015; // Nuclear radius constant, m R = 2*R0; // Range of nuclear force, m v = 1e+08; // Speed of the particle, m/s S = R; // Distance travelled by particle within the nucleus, m dt = S/v; // time taken by the particle to travel across the nucleus, s // From Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, dE.dt = h_bar, solving for dE dE = h/(1e+06*e*dt); // Energy of Yukawa paeticle, MeV m = dE/0.51; // Approximate mass of Yukawa particle, electronic mass unit printf("\nThe mass of Yukawa particle = %3d me", m); // Result // The mass of Yukawa particle = 338 me