Nuclear Beavers
Abstract
Nuclear physics is a very abstract field with little accessibility for wider audiences, and yet it is a field of physics with far reaching implications for everyday life. The Nuclear Beavers demonstration is a hands-on experience that offers an intuitive lens into nuclear structure and decay. We aim to provide a more accessible entry point for students and educators by substituting complex nuclear structures and interactions with tactile building blocks following well-defined rules, thereby opening nuclear physics concepts to the general public.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.12055,
title = {Nuclear Beavers},
author = {Joshua Wylie and Pablo Giuliani and Kyle Godbey and Sylvester Agbemava},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.12055},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures in main. Supplemental material available with 9 pages and 5 figures. The following article has been submitted to/accepted by The Physics Teacher. After it is published, it will be found at https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0253360