With whom did she share the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics?
Albert Einstein
Niels Bohr
J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner
Arthur H. Compton
Answer
J. Hans D. Jensen, Maria Goeppert Mayer, and Eugene Wigner shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for their theoretical discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure. Their independent approaches, known as the nuclear shell model and collective model, elucidated the intricate behavior of nucleons within atomic nuclei. These concepts transformed our understanding of nuclear forces, the properties of radioactive elements, and the synthesis of heavy elements in stars.
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