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Saturation density

Nuclear density is the density of the nucleons (neutrons and protons) in the nucleus. For heavy nuclei, it is close to the nuclear saturation densityn0=0.15±0.01{\displaystyle n_{0}=0.15\pm 0.01}nucleons/fm, which minimizes the energy density of an infinite nuclear matter.

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