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Ben Roy Mottelson

Benjamin Roy Mottelson (9 July 1926 – 13 May 2022) was an American-Danish nuclear physicist. He won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the non-spherical geometry of atomic nuclei.

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Known for
Geometry of atomic nuclei
Education
Purdue University (BS) Harvard University (PhD)
Born
(1926-07-09)9 July 1926 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Citizenship
American, Danish
Died
13 May 2022(2022-05-13) (aged 95) Copenhagen, Denmark
Doctoral advisor
Julian Schwinger

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related to External links · 8
Ben Roy Mottelson → December, Elementary Modes, Excitation, Nobel, Nobel Lecture, Nobelprize, Nucleus, Roy Mottelson
Born · 1
Ben Roy Mottelson → (1926-07-09)9 July 1926 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Ben Roy Mottelson → American, Danish
Died · 1
Ben Roy Mottelson → 13 May 2022(2022-05-13) (aged 95) Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ben Roy Mottelson → Julian Schwinger
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Ben Roy Mottelson → Purdue University (BS) Harvard University (PhD)
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Ben Roy Mottelson → Nuclear physics
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Ben Roy Mottelson → Geometry of atomic nuclei
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Ben Roy Mottelson → Nancy Jane Reno (1948–1975; 3 children) .mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;marg…
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Ben Roy Mottelson → The ground states of lithium-6 and lithium-7 (1950)

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