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Leo James Rainwater (Council, Idaho; 1917-ibíd. 1986) fue un físico estadounidense galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Física de 1975. Biografía. Nació el 9 de diciembre de 1917 en la ciudad de Council, situada en el estado norteamericano de Idaho.
Leo James Rainwater (December 9, 1917 – May 31, 1986) was an American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 for his part in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei. During World War II, he worked on the Manhattan Project that developed the first atomic bombs.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1975 was awarded jointly to Aage Niels Bohr, Ben Roy Mottelson and Leo James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection"
Leo James Rainwater. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1975. Born: 9 December 1917, Council, ID, USA. Died: 31 March 1986, Yonkers, NY, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Rainwater desarrolló la teoría de que no todos los núcleos atómicos son esféricos. Participó en la Comisión de energía atómica y proyectos de investigación navales. Recibió el Premio Nobel de Física en 1975.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1975 was awarded jointly to Aage Niels Bohr, Ben Roy Mottelson and Leo James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection".
Leo James Rainwater fue un físico estadounidense galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Física de 1975.
