Excited levels and isobaric analogue states in55Co investigated with the54Fe(p, γ)55Co reaction

The yield curve for the⁵⁴Fe(p, γ)⁵⁵Co reaction in the energy regionE _p=1.5–2.9 MeV has been recorded and the decay of ten resonances has been investigated. For six of the resonances the strengths have been determined. The angular distributions of the gamma rays have been recorded for four resonances to obtain spins or spin limitations for excited levels. In addition the lifetimes of 10 bound levels were determined with the Doppler Shift Attenuation Method. The isobaric analogues of the ground state and five excited states in⁵⁵Fe are discussed.     

High-spin states and yrast isomerism in 153Er

Energy levels in ¹⁵³Er have been populated in the reaction ¹⁴⁴Sm(¹²C. 3n)¹⁵³Er. Isotopically enriched targets were bombarded with 53–65 MeV ¹²C ions and the emitted γ-ray and conversion electron spectra were investigated. From studies of excitation functions. γ- coincidences, γ-ray multiplicities, delayed γ-radiation and angular distributions, the level scheme of ¹⁵³Er has been constructed. The properties of the energy levels are discussed and compared with the results of calculations with a deformed shell model. The remarkable similarities and some important discrepancies of the level structure, when compared with adjacent, N = 85 nuclides, are emphasized.     

Entanglement in quantum integrable and chaotic systems with Markov dynamics

Entanglement evolution is studied in open systems represented by rings of qubits with the Ising interaction and variously oriented external field and with Markov environments. The effect of thermal or dephasing environment is manifested as exponential decrease of the entanglement superposed on its dynamics in the isolated system.     

Isobaric analogue states excited in the59Co(p, γ)60Ni reaction

The⁵⁹Co(p, γ)⁶⁰Ni reaction has been investigated in the proton energy regionE _p=1365–2150 keV. Decay schemes and branching ratios have been determined for ten resonances, five of which have been identified as possible analogues or fragments of analogues of the ground state (5⁺) and the 58.6 keV (2⁺), 277.1 keV (4⁺), 288.4 keV (3⁺), and 435.7 keV (5⁺) levels in⁶⁰Co. At eight of the resonances most of the decay seems to go via a group of states with an excitation energy of 5–9 MeV. The investigated analogue states give a Coulomb displacement energy of 9118±7 keV.     

The iterative instrumental variables method and the full information maximum likelihood method for estimating interdependent systems

The “iterative instrumental variables” (IIV) method for estimating interdependent systems, originally referred to as a symmetric counterpart to the “fix-point” (FP) method, shares its symmetry properties with Durbin's iterative method for performing the “full information maximum likelihood” (FIML) estimation. Classical interdependent systems are considered and identities may occur among the structural equations. Alternative symmetric procedures for obtaining FIML estimates are also dealt with, including the sequential maximization of the likelihood function with respect to the coefficients of one structural equation at a time.Two recent estimation methods developed by Brundy and Jorgenson (1971, Review of Economics and Statistics53, 207–224) as well as Dhrymes (1971, Austral. J. Statist.13, 168–175) can be considered the second approximation of the IIV method and Durbin's method respectively with the first approximation obtained by the “ordinary instrumental variables” (OIV) method. In practice the second approximation depends heavily on the choice of initial instrumental variables, although the asymptotic distribution is not changed by the continued iteration.