In an imaginative workshop of antique cosmological automata, a watchmaker is crafting a decorative mechanical globe meant to embody J.J. Thomson's vision of the atom. To ensure historical authenticity to this specific model, she must choose how to distribute the positive and negative electrical charges inside the sphere. Which design choice correctly captures the structural principles of Thomson's atomic model?

A) Concentrating all positive mass into an infinitesimally small central pearl and suspending light negative beads in empty surrounding space.

B) Filling the sphere with a uniform volume of continuous positive charge and embedding discrete negative particles evenly throughout it.

C) Arranging negative beads along rigid concentric circular tracks that allow instantaneous jumping between predetermined heights.

D) Surrounding a tightly bound core of neutral and positive spheres with an elusive mist representing mathematical probability clouds.

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