Why is electron preferred over nucleons for probing nuclear structure?
A) electrons do not experience strong nuclear force
B) electrons will have higher energy than their initial energy on striking the nucleus
C) electrons will radiate energy while coming close to the nucleus
D) the impact parameter of electrons will be less than the radius of the nucleus.
Justify your answer.
The correct answer would be option (a) - electrons do not experience any strong nuclear force and remain largely unaffected by other interactions which are quite weak.