The Nilsson model of these objects explains the observation from rotational spectra that the majority of them are prolate. Wigner used random matrices to describe the distribution of energy-level spacings in the spectra of these objects. They're not molecules, but "isomers" of these objects are often metastable because relaxation is extremely spin-forbidden, and are labeled with an "m." Interactions with the spin of these objects, symbolized I, leads to (*) hyperfine structure. The semi-empirical mass formula predicts a peak around A equals 56 for the binding energy of these objects. The existence of these structures was suggested by their scattering of alpha particles in Rutherford’s gold foil experiment. For 10 points, name these structures consisting of protons and neutrons that lie at the center of atoms. ■END■
ANSWER: nuclei [or nucleus; accept nuclear isomers or nuclear spin]
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