207Bi L-subshell orbital electron capture probabilities and decay energy

The L₁ subshell orbital electron capture probability P_L1 in the decay of 33.4 y ²⁰⁷Bi to the 2339.89 keV level in ²⁰⁷Pb is measured to be 0.518 ± 0.081 (95% confidence) by a new method in which L₁ subshell characteristic X-rays in the L_γ X-ray peak are observed in an Xγt coincidence mode with 1770.23 keV γ-rays. The value of P_L2is 0.047 ± 0.015 (95% confidence). From these results a value of Q_EC = 39_-8⁺²¹ keV is obtained for capture transitions to the 2339.89 keV level. The absence of K-capture to this level also is established by absence of K X-rays in coincidence with 1770.23 keV γ-rays.     

Products of graceful trees

We give some conditions on H and $\text{G}$ for the rooted product H($\text{G}$) to be graceful. These conditions extend and unify previous results.     

γ射线暴的最新研究进展:火球模型、余辉及前身星

γ射线暴（称简γ暴）的研究在最近几年里有了巨大的突破。观测上，人们发现了γ暴的低能余辉以及与γ射线发同时的光学爆发，还发现了它位于宇学距离的寄主星系。越来越多的观测证据还表明长时标γ暴与恒星形成区、甚至可能与超新星成协。在γ暴的相对论火球模型框架下，人们对γ暴以及余辉的产生机制的认识也有了进展。进而人们对γ暴的前身星以及环境效应等有了新的认识。本文旨在对这些进展和认识给一个扼要的评述。     

Crystallographic report: Bis(N‐cyclohexyl,N‐methyldithiocarbamato)zinc(II)

The mononuclear structure of Zn[S₂CN(Me)Cy)]₂ features a tetrahedral zinc center defined by two chelating dithiocarbamate ligands. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Numerical simulation of atomic diffraction in the Raman-Nath regime

The theory of atomic diffraction from a classical standing wave light field in the presence of spontaneous emission in the Raman-Nath regime was developed by Tanguy et al. [6]. We describe the basis of computationally efficient methods for performing calculations in this regime and show their agreement with recent experimental results of Gould et al. [4].     

Improved estimators for the GMANOVA problem with application to Monte Carlo simulation

The problem of finding classes of estimators which improve upon the usual (e.g., ML, LS) estimator of the parameter matrix in the GMANOVA model under (matrix) quadratic loss is considered. Classes of improved estimators are obtained via combining integration-by-parts methods for normal and Wishart distributions. Also considered is the application of control variates to achieve better efficiency in multipopulation multivariate simulation studies.     

Molar heat capacity and thermodynamic properties of crystalline Ho(Asp)Cl<Subscript>2</Subscript>·6H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O

The molar heat capacity, C _p,m, of a complex of holmium chloride coordinated with L-aspartic acid, Ho(Asp)Cl₂·6H₂O, was measured from 80 to 397 K with an automated adiabatic calorimeter. The thermodynamic functions H _T-H _298.15 and S _T-S _298.15 were derived from 80 to 395 K with temperature interval of 5 K. The thermal stability of the complex was investigated by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermogravimetric (TG) technique, and the mechanism of thermal decomposing of the complex was determined based on the structure and the thermal analysis experiment.     

Asymmetric induction in simple [2 + 2] photoadditions

Photochemical cycloaddition of cyclopentene with enone esters $\text{1}$ containing different chiral auxiliaries yielded anti and syn adducts $\text{2}$ and $\text{3}$ in good yield and with moderate to high (79%) enantiomeric excesses.