{"id":273,"date":"2026-01-27T02:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctorp4physics.co.uk\/?page_id=273"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:05:11","slug":"nuclear-and-particle-physics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/doctorp4physics.co.uk\/es\/nuclear-and-particle-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"6.4 Nuclear and Particle Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; padding_top_1=&#8221;50px&#8221; padding_bottom_1=&#8221;30px&#8221; padding_bottom_2=&#8221;0px&#8221; padding_top_bottom_link_1=&#8221;false&#8221; padding_top_bottom_link_2=&#8221;false&#8221; padding_left_right_link_1=&#8221;false&#8221; padding_left_right_link_2=&#8221;false&#8221; padding_1_tablet=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; padding_1_phone=&#8221;&#8221; padding_1_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#f8f9fa&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;off|tablet&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#f9ce6e&#8221; divider_position=&#8221;center&#8221; divider_weight=&#8221;1px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; width=&#8221;120px&#8221; height=&#8221;7px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset7&#8243; box_shadow_horizontal=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;#f9ce6e&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; header_4_font=&#8221;PT Sans|700||on|||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#ffc107&#8243; header_4_font_size=&#8221;11px&#8221; header_4_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-38px|||130px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Topic<\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Sans||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Playfair Display|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;60px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.1em&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;30px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Nuclear &amp; Particle Physics<\/h1>\n<p>Uncover what lies at the core of atoms and how tiny particles interact. This topic explores the structure of the nucleus, radioactive decay, particle types, binding energy, mass\u2013energy relationships, and nuclear reactions like fission and fusion.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;-30px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/doctorp4physics.co.uk\/contact\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Start Learning&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;12px&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; 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All that remains is more and more precise measurement&#8221; &#8211; Lord Kelvin c. 1900.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Little did Lord Kelvin know that several paradigm-shifting discoveries were just around the corner that would turn the established physics knowledge on its head&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Ernst Rutherford and Frederick Soddy worked together to classify three types of radiation being spontaneously emitted from certain elements. Not only this, but alchemy, which had died with Newton, was back on the table &#8211; the elements were transmuting into different elements! Perhaps it would be possible to turn base metals into gold after all?<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">In 1905 Albert Einstein had his annus mirabilis, and in one of his four foundation-shaking papers he described the equivalence between mass and energy: E=mc^2<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">It wouldn&#8217;t take long before people realised the potential of the energy locked up within the nucleus and the Manhattan project was born through fear the Nazis might develop atomic weapons first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Radioactive dating of rocks and fossils, and unlocking the mystery of the Sun&#8217;s power source would vastly increase the predicted age of the Earth from ~100 millions years to 4.5 billion years. 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