nucleus

nucleus, in physics, the extremely dense central core of an atom.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The Nature of the Nucleus
• Models of the Nucleus
• Scientific Notation for the Nucleus and Nuclear Reactions
• Scientific Investigations of the Nucleus
• Bibliography

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