Ben Roy Mottelson

Ben Roy Mottelson, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1926-07-09 in Chicago, IL, USA

Gender: male

Field: American-Danish nuclear physicist (1926–2022)

Biography

Ben Roy Mottelson was an American-Danish nuclear physicist. He won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the non-spherical geometry of atomic nuclei.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1975

Awarded on: 1975-10-17

"for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection"

Affiliations:

  • NorditaCopenhagen, Denmark