In turn, these results can be used to improve theoretical models, and lend strong support to the nuclear shell model. Science , 2012. DOI: 10.1126/science.1225636 ( About DOIs ).

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 ...

Shell model of the nucleus. By Science News. January 1, 1941 at 10:17 pm. Physicists Maria Goeppert Mayer and J. Hans D. Jensen develop a theory of the nucleus as composed of shells of protons and ...

A five-dimensional model has successfully predicted the asymmetric fission of mercury isotopes, offering new insights into ...

The model predicts the formation of distinct electron shells with different capacities: the first can fit the maximum of 2 electrons, with 8 on the second, 18 on the third, and so on.

In 1949, Goeppert Mayer and Jensen developed the so-called shell model of the nucleus.Protons and neutrons occupy particular orbits, analogous to electrons, but they also have a property called spin – ...

In a surprising turn of events, an international team of scientists has found that lead-208 (208Pb), the heaviest known "doubly magic" nucleus, exhibits unexpected shape characteristics that ...

Nuclear fission, the process by which an atomic nucleus splits into smaller parts, is a fundamental process in nuclear physics.While the fission of heavy elements like uranium and plutonium is ...