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Why does the nucleus not repel itself? [duplicate]
If the nucleus is densely positively charged, why don’t the protons in the nucleus repel from each other and move towards the orbiting electrons?
Because each proton is not only being repelled by the ...
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Why could the Yukawa potential explain how protons can be bound in the nucleus?
The Yukawa Lagrangian
$$\mathcal{L}=-\dfrac{1}{4}F_{\mu\nu}F^{\mu\nu}+\dfrac{1}{2}m^2A_\mu A^\mu-A_\mu J^\mu$$
can be used to derive the equations of motion
$$\Box A_\mu=J_\mu-m^2A_\mu$$
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How positively charged protons remain glued to each other while they should repel each other out of nucleus? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Protons' repulsion within a nucleus
How positively charged protons remain glued to each other while they should repel each other out of nucleus?
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We know that the protons in a nucleus are positively charged. So why does the nucleus stay intact? [duplicate]
We know that the protons in a nucleus are positively charged, whereas the neutrons do not possess a charge; we also know that unlike charges attract. So why does the nucleus stay intact, even though ...
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