Aage Bohr developed a description connecting individual nucleon motion with collective nuclear rotational bands and changes of nuclear shape. A deformed atomic nucleus has an intrinsic orientation, while its laboratory quantum states have definite total angular momentum. Quantizing the collective orientation produces sequences of excited levels, or nuclear rotational bands. Their energies and electric quadrupole transitions supply complementary tests of the connection between the intrinsic shape and the observed spectrum.[ref]
Rotational Motion in Nuclei by Aage Niels Bohr. Nobel lecture, p. 223, General Theory of Rotation; pp. 217 and 225, spectra and quadrupole-transition tests
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https://nbarchive.ku.dk/about_us/people/in-memoriam/aage-bohr/. Independent professional identity
Portrait of Aage Bohr
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Aage Bohr was a Danish physicist who made significant contributions to the field of nuclear physics. He was born on June 19, 1922, and passed away on September 8, 2020. Aage Bohr was the son of the renowned physicist Niels Bohr, a key figure in the development of quantum mechanics.
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