It has magic numbers of 82 protons and 126 neutrons. Examples of magic numbers and stable nuclei exist everywhere—but scientists couldn't explain them without the introduction of the shell model.

Paralleling the idea of electron shells in atomic physics, in 1949 scientists proposed the nuclear shell model: protons and neutrons sit in distinct nuclear shells, and additional energy input can ...

Unlike previous models that struggled to explain mercury’s asymmetric fission, this approach captures the unusual double-humped mass distribution seen in mercury-180, revealing how nuclear shell ...

This year marks the 75 th anniversary of the nuclear shell model, a theory pivotal to our understanding of the nuclei in atoms. It was developed by Nobel laureate, Maria Goeppert Mayer.

Fermium studied at GSI/FAIR — Researchers investigate nuclear properties of element 100 with laser light Peer-Reviewed Publication GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH ...

Fermium studied at GSI/FAIR: Researchers investigate nuclear properties of element 100 with laser light Date: November 11, 2024 Source: GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH Summary ...

High-energy protons emitted after hooking up with neutrons Protons and neutrons pair up, get speedy, even if other neutrons are watching.

First experiments with the accelerated particles -- Nucleon-nucleon scattering -- Low-energy nuclear reactions Date 1998 C1998 Type Books Physical description xx, 441 p. : ill ; 24 cm Data Source ...

Great Women of Science: First Woman Nobel Laureate in Theoretical Physics, Maria Goeppert Mayer In 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in experimental Physics). It took ...