Griffiths Introduction to Elementary Particles · Problem 5.1

The Feynman Calculus — David J. Griffiths

Physics — QFT · binding-energy-relativistic-systems

Problem

(a) The deuteron's mass is 1875.61875.6 MeV/c2c^2. What is its binding energy? Is this a relativistic system? (b) If you take the up- and down-quark masses to be those given in Table 4.4, (``effective mass in mesons''), what is the binding energy of a pion? Is this a relativistic system?

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