Hideki Yukawa

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Hideki Yukawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate best known for proposing the meson theory of nuclear forces.

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Hideki Yukawa canonical 16
Sumi Yukawa 1
Yukawa Hideki 1

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physics
human
theoretical physicist
awardReceived Order of Culture
surface form: Decoration of Cultural Merit

Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy
Lomonosov Gold Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics
Order of Culture
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1907-01-23
dateOfDeath 1981-09-08
educatedAt Kyoto University
surface form: Kyoto Imperial University
employer Columbia University
Kyoto University
surface form: Kyoto Imperial University

Kyoto University
Osaka University
ethnicGroup Japanese
familyName Yukawa
fieldOfWork nuclear physics
particle physics
theoretical physics
givenName Hideki
hasJapaneseEraBirthYear Meiji 40
hasJapaneseEraDeathYear Shōwa 56
knownFor prediction of the pion
proposal of meson as mediator of nuclear force
memberOf American Physical Society
Japan Academy
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
name Hideki Yukawa self-link
nativeName 湯川 秀樹
NobelPrizeCategory Physics
NobelPrizeMotivation for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces
NobelPrizeYear 1949
notableWork Yukawa potential
meson theory of nuclear forces
placeOfBirth Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Tokyo
placeOfDeath Japan
Kyoto
positionHeld professor at Columbia University
professor at Kyoto University
religion Buddhism
sexOrGender male
spouse Hideki Yukawa self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sumi Yukawa
workLocation Kyoto
New York City
Osaka

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University of Tokyo hasNotableAlumni Hideki Yukawa
Yoshio Nishina influenced Hideki Yukawa
Hideki Yukawa name Hideki Yukawa self-link
Hideki Yukawa spouse Hideki Yukawa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sumi Yukawa
KU hasNotableAlumni Hideki Yukawa
subject surface form: Kyoto University
this entity surface form: Yukawa Hideki
Nishina Laboratory notableResearcher Hideki Yukawa
Yukawa potential namedAfter Hideki Yukawa
Hideki hasNotableBearer Hideki Yukawa
Yukawa notableBearer Hideki Yukawa
Yukawa namedAfter Hideki Yukawa
subject surface form: Yukawa potential
Yukawa namedAfter Hideki Yukawa
subject surface form: Yukawa interaction
Yukawa namedAfter Hideki Yukawa
subject surface form: Yukawa meson theory
Shoichi Sakata influencedBy Hideki Yukawa
Japan Academy Prize hasRecipient Hideki Yukawa
Yukawa coupling namedAfter Hideki Yukawa