Who else shared the 1963 Physics Nobel Prize with her?
Albert Einstein
Max Planck
J. Hans D. Jensen
Ernest O. Lawrence
Answer
J. Hans D. Jensen, along with Maria Goeppert-Mayer, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for their proposal of the nuclear shell model, a theoretical framework that aims to understand certain nuclei as containing protons and neutrons moving within specific energy levels or "shells," just like those of electrons within an atom. This paradigm transformed our comprehension of nuclear structure, especially for medium-to-heavy nuclei.
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