Why do we think of a nucleus as nucleons held together by a strong force rather than a cluster of quarks?
15029
How do we know that the nucleus isn't a quark-gluon plasma?
138552
Why does amount of protons define how matter is?
59594
Binding energy and mass
134269
Nuclear physics study materials
99550
We know that the protons in a nucleus are positively charged. So why does the nucleus stay intact?
150813
Why does a photon colliding with an atomic nucleus cause pair production?
15027
What are quarks made of?
150616
Binding energy in fission
70090
What's the deepest reason why QCD bound states have integer charge?
18171
Why do electrons occupy the space around nuclei, and not collide with them?
8241
Why doesn't the deuterium nucleus have spin $0$?
153570
Shell model of an odd-odd nucleus: $^6$Li
77786
Fusion vs. Fission
121832
Why do electrons around nucleus radiate light according to classical physics
60701
Adding many more neutrons to a nucleus decreases stability?
67978
Huge confusion with Fermions and Bosons and how they relate to total spin of atom
60172
How to explain $E=mc^2$ mass defect in fission/fusion?