Which property of the nuclear force is primarily responsible for the nearly constant…
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Problem
Which property of the nuclear force is primarily responsible for the nearly constant density of atomic nuclei irrespective of their mass number?
(a) Short-range nature of the nuclear force
(b) Charge-independent nature of the nuclear force
(c) Saturation property of the nuclear force
(d) Hard repulsive core at very small separations