Abstract—The binding energy per nucleon for nuclear matter, i.e., equation of state (EOS), within the Brueckner–Hartree–Fock (BHF) approach with the consideration of various three-body forces (3BFs) like the phenomenological 3BF and by adding a contact term to the BHF calculations are considered at variance densities. The 3BF contribution turns out to be nonnegligible contribution and to have a substantial saturation ... إقراء المزيد