Confirming Improved Nuclear Model with Laser Spectroscopy of Cadmium Isotopes

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Physicists at TU Darmstadt have successfully conducted laser spectroscopy on cadmium isotopes, confirming an improved model of the atomic nucleus. This new model addresses the unique behavior of calcium isotopes' radii and represents a significant advancement in nuclear structure understanding. The findings, published in Physical Review Letters, may pave the way for a comprehensive global model of nuclear structure, moving beyond the limitations of Rutherford's and Bohr's atomic models.

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Physicists at the TU Darmstadt and their collaboration partners have performed laser spectroscopy on cadmium isotopes to confirm an improved model of the atomic nucleus. It has been developed to describe the exceptional behaviour of the radii of calcium isotopes. The results published in Physical Review Letters could be a step towards a global model of the nuclear structure.
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Is it so different from traditional nuclear atomic model? Is it possible to clarify to solve the limitations created from Rutherford's atomic model and Bohr's atomic model
 
Gowtam Chandra Pal said:
Is it so different from traditional nuclear atomic model? Is it possible to clarify to solve the limitations created from Rutherford's atomic model and Bohr's atomic model
This is not about a model of the atom, but a model of the nucleus, i.e., the structure of protons and neutrons inside the nucleus.
 
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