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  • noun Plural form of nucleon.

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  • These investigations were extended by Wigner to the atomic nuclei at the end of the 1930's and he explored then also the newly discovered symmetry property of the force between two nucleons to be the same whether either of the nucleons is a proton or a neutron.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 - Presentation Speech 1972

  • Expressed very simply, it can be said that as a result of their motion, certain nucleons expose the "walls" of the nucleus to such high centrifugal pressure that it becomes deformed.

    The Nobel Prize in Physics 1975 - Presentation Speech 1992

  • Expressed very simply, it can be said that as a result of their rotation certain nucleons expose the "walls" of the nucleus to such high centrifugal pressure that it becomes deformed,

    Press Release: The 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics 1975

  • Their interaction with the nucleons is strong and charge-independent.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1969 - Presentation Speech 1972

  • A very important step in the investigation of these forces was taken by Wigner in 1933 when he found, deducing from some experiments, that the force between two nucleons is very weak except when their distance apart is very small but that the force is then a million times stronger than the electric forces between the electrons in the outer part of the atoms.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 - Presentation Speech 1972

  • These building elements of the atomic nuclei are called "nucleons" and are held together by the so-called nuclear forces.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1949 - Presentation Speech 1964

  • "As the nucleon mass is nearly 2000 times the mass of an electron, then all atoms and molecules contain at least as many nucleons as electrons, baryons account for more than 99.5% of the total mass of all the chemical elements observed in the Universe."

    SDO On Station Transmitting First Data as Solar Science Payloads Open Today | Universe Today 2010

  • The prevailing view is that nuclear processes (associated with nucleons inside atomic nuclei) are not influenced by chemical processes (associated with atomic electrons).

    Will Cold Fusion Solve Our Energy Problems? 2009

  • Near black holes, the tidal force is expected to be strong enough to deform any object falling into it, even atoms or composite nucleons; this is called spaghettification.

    the atomic uni-verse 2008

  • The most stable nuclei are those of iron (56 nucleons) and nickel (62 nucleons).

    Archive 2006-03-01 Nick Anthis 2006

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