Asked by AEC

In an atomic nucleus what holds the protons together: the electrons, nuclear forces or gravitation? Which force is stronger?: neutron-neutron, neutron-proton or proton-proton?
Answered by Need to be certain of this
I thing it doesn't matter, that the bond strength depends on the charge of the neutrons/protons. I also know that protons are held together because of the nuclear forces. Can someone confirm?
Answered by bobpursley
nuclear forces hold all the particals in the nucleus.
Answered by AEC
And what about the pairs?

Neutron-neutron, neutron-proton, proton-proton? Is one stronger than the other or it depends on the charges?

Thank you very much,
honestly.
Answered by bobpursley
http://www.unclear2nuclear.com/np.php in deuterium only pn is stable
in larger atoms, it is much more complex
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/neutronrepulsion.htm
Answered by Damon
This is a bunch of articles in the latest MIT Physics department magazine (Physics at MIT 2017 Annual) about current research. It is about quarks and gluons. [ The Secret Life of Quarks, Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics, Jetting through the Quark Soup ]. I am not going to try to answer this question in greater detail than Bob Pursley has done.
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