Nuclear physics#

Rutherford scattering, Chadwick’s neutron, the Weizsäcker semi-empirical mass formula, Cockcroft and Walton’s lithium disintegration, and nuclear fission, from physicskit.particle.scattering and physicskit.particle.nuclear.

Rutherford scattering and the discovery of the nucleus

Rutherford scattering and the discovery of the nucleus

The Weizsäcker semi-empirical mass formula

The Weizsäcker semi-empirical mass formula

Cockcroft and Walton: splitting lithium with accelerated protons

Cockcroft and Walton: splitting lithium with accelerated protons

Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner, and Frisch: nuclear fission

Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner, and Frisch: nuclear fission

Chadwick’s discovery of the neutron

Chadwick's discovery of the neutron