Liquid drop model
Modelo de la gota líquida
- Date
- 1930 · confidence high
- Place
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Credited to
- George Gamow
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A model that compares the atomic nucleus to a drop of incompressible liquid to explain its binding energy and stability, proposed by George Gamow and later developed into the semi-empirical mass formula.
What it led to
- Weizsäcker's semi-empirical mass formula
- Theoretical prediction of nuclear fission
- Conceptual basis for later nuclear models