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Are the protons and neutrons in the nucleus arranged in any particular way?

Isotopes have different numbers of neutrons. Essentially my question is: how does the addition of neutrons affect this structure if there is one? *The reason this question is different is since it attempts to discuss how isotopes affect the structure of the nucleus, the other question discussed similar isotopes as far as I could tell.

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  • See http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/35724/what-is-an-intuitive-picture-of-the-motion-of-nucleons and http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/36469/are-the-protons-and-neutrons-in-the-nucleus-arranged-in-any-particular-way – dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten Feb 02 '13 at 02:28
  • A look at the nuclear shell model will tell you that if you grasp (our current, limited understanding of) nuclear structure, you will see that adding neutrons will upset a nucleus' structure quite a bit. – Emilio Pisanty Feb 04 '13 at 18:05

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