The Nuclear Rotor Atlas Explorer

by Stephen Euin Cobb

A 3D, interactive view of 780 nuclei. Each point is an isotope; you choose which derived metrics appear on the X, Y, and Z axes.

Interactive 3D chart (demo)
What you see above is a video of the three-dimensional chart of 780 nuclei. Each dot in the chart is an isotope, and the values for each of the three axes are adjustable by the user. This video demonstrates some of the features you can experiment with on the left side of the chart, including the 10 pre-set groups of parameters. To the right of the chart you see the complete list of 17 parameters you can select from, which offers 833 different X, Y, Z combinations. At the bottom of this page you can download "The Nuclear Rotor Atlas Handbook" which will tell you more.
▶ Try the 3-D chart

Use the 3-D chart

To use the 3-D chart, click here or on the video above. (It takes about 30 seconds to load the isotopes.)

The dataset used to create this 3-D chart was calculated by Stephen Euin Cobb for his Nuclear Rotor Atlas. The Nuclear Rotor Atlas dataset is open-source and is available for download. You are free to use it, model from it, quote it in your papers, and improve it. Most especially, to improve it.

Documentation & parameters

Detailed background on the parameters used in the 3-D chart, including units and how they were calculated:

Research papers

Datasets

More from the author

Link to all of Stephen Euin Cobb’s papers at Zenodo .

Link to all of Stephen Euin Cobb’s papers at Authorea .

Link to Stephen Euin Cobb’s ORCID page .

The Nuclear Rotor Atlas Handbook book cover

This handbook describes The Nuclear Rotor Atlas. A database of the exact location and orientation of all the protons and neutrons in 780 nuclear isotopes. It tells how the database was calculated, and how you can get your own copy of the Atlas for free.

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It also describes a website where you can view all 780 isotopes displayed in a 3D scatterplot based on any combination of their 17 different parameters, which you choose. That’s 833 different combinations after removing all rotations of the same pattern.

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The Nuclear Rotor Atlas brings together many complicated ideas of subatomic physics into a single, clear framework. It shows how these ideas fit together, explains them as simple patterns, and has begun to make reliable predictions.

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Click the book cover and grab your copy now.

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Oh, and while you're reading it, feel free to download the PDF and share it with your friends and colleagues.