#nuclear shell model

[ianmiller42]

What Holds Atomic Nuclei Together?

As many people know, elements are comprised of atoms, which in turn are comprise protons and neutrons. The number of protons determines which element it is, while the number of neutrons determine the atomic mass. Many elements can have different numbers of neutrons, and the different entities are called isotopes. Thus hydrogen has two isotopes that are stable, hydrogen and deuterium, which have 0…

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[teachersource]

Maria Goeppert Mayer was born on June 28, 1906. A German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She was the second woman to win a Nobel Prize in physics (the first being Marie Curie). In 1986, the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award for early-career women physicists was established in her honor. A graduate of the University of Göttingen, Goeppert Mayer wrote her doctoral thesis on the theory of possible two-photon absorption by atoms. Today, the unit for the two-photon absorption cross section is named the Goeppert Mayer (GM) unit.

[bhagatkapil]

Maria Goeppert Mayer was a German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She was the second female Nobel laureate in physics, after Marie Curie. Maria's idea to liken the atomic nuclei with an onion made Wolfgang Pauli give her the nickname “The Onion Madonna”

[bhagatkapil]

Madonna of the Onion