Atomic Nuclei Builder Animation

The animation is interactive and let's you build the model's atomic nuclei, from hydrogen isotopes through to iron isotopes, with the decay sequences for the unstable isotopes

The stable atomic nuclei that have been modelled, match against the experimental stable isotopes, with the number of stable isotopes for each element, from hydrogen through to iron, being

2 Hydrogen

2 Helium

2 Lithium

1 Beryllium

2 Boron

2 Carbon

2 Nitrogen

3 Oxygen

2 Chlorine

3 Argon

1 Sodium

3 Magnesium

1 Aluminium

3 Silicon

1 Phosphorus

4 Sulphur

1 Fluorine

3 Neon

2 Potassium

3 Calcium

1 Scandium

5 Titanium

1 Vanadium

3 Chromium

1 Manganese

4 Iron

In addition, many of the unstable isotopes from hydrogen through to iron, have been modelled, and they match against their experimental decay sequences (although, a couple of the decay sequences were not able to be absolutely predicted by the model)

In total, over two hundred atomic nuclear isotopes have been modelled, and they all appear to match against their experimental counterparts

Could this agreement to experiment, achieved by a model that is based entirely on particles

Counter the modern physics suggestion that quantum fields are real

Here is a remarkable thought

Starting only with a particle that is in the shape of a strand, it is possible to predict which atomic nuclei are stable, and for the unstable nuclei, to predict their decay sequences

Think about that for a moment

For reference, here is a plot of the experimentally determined atomic nuclei stability and decay

image of the nuclide map, show a large image of the nuclide map

Image produced by Wikimedia user Admiral sayony

For reference, here is a computer visualisation of a quantum gluon field, that in the Standard Model of particle physics, binds protons and neutrons together in an atomic nucleus

image of the quantum gluon field, show a large inage of the quantum gluon field

Image produced by James Biddle, Josh Charvetto, Waseem Kamleh, Derek Leinweber, Helen Piercy, Ethan Puckridge, Finn Stokes, Ross D. Young, James Zanott, in their scientific paper (2019) Publicising Lattice Field Theory Through Visualisation

Go to the atomic nucleus section on the 'atoms' page

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