Question

Show that for deuteron, neutron and proton stay outside the range of nuclear forces for 70% of the time. Take the binding energy of deuteron as 2.2 MeV.

Answer 1

The probability for neutron and proton to be found outside the range of nuclear forces

We can now find the constant A from the normalization condition

Thus neutron and proton stay outside the range of nuclear forces approximately 70% of time.