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Neutron–Proton Interaction

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THE present communication suggests a new approach to the proton–neutron interaction and the deuteron problem. We have been able to calculate successfully the binding energy of the deuteron by the suggested interaction. The approach is phenomenological in that the structure of the nucleons has not been taken into account.

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VARSHNI, Y. Neutron–Proton Interaction. Nature 182, 1726–1728 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821726b0

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