MARIA GOEPPERT MAYER

Talk Presented at APS meeting Indianapolis, May 4, 1996

Steven A. Moszkowski, UCLA stevemos@ucla.edu

OUTLINE

  1. ABSTRACT
  2. INTRODUCTION - THE EARLY YEARS
  3. MGM AND NUCLEAR SHELL MODEL
  4. SHELL STRUCTURE IN ATOMS
  5. WHY THERE SHOULD BE NO INDEPENDENT PARTICLE MOTION IN NUCLEI
  6. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR MAGIC NUMBERS IN NUCLEI
  7. SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING IN NUCLEI AND THE SHELL MODEL
  8. PAIRING IN NUCLEI
  9. QUARKS AND THE NUCLEAR SHELL MODEL
  10. FINAL REMARKS

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