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[en] The study of electric quadrupole transitions from the ground state into symmetric states and into states of mixed symmetry in the deformed nucleus ¹⁵⁶Gd by inelastic electron scattering has been used to derive effective neutron and proton boson charges for the E2 operator in the framework of the interacting-boson model. The values for e/sub π/ and e/sub ν/ differ at most by 30% in the rotational limit

[en] A theoretical analysis of positive-parity states in ¹⁵⁶Gd is carried out. The calculations are carried out in the framework of a phenomenological model, taking into account mixing of states with K^pi=O⁺₁, O⁺₂, O⁺₃, 2⁺₁ and experimentally known K^pi = 1⁺ bands. The probabilities of electric quadrupole and monopole transitions between states of rotational bands are calculated. The nonadiabaticities manifesting themselves in electromagnetic transitions, as well as the effect of rotation on the behavior of the quantity X^if_I = B(EO;IO⁺ → IO⁺_f)/B(E2;IO⁺_i → IO⁺_f) are discussed. The values of the matrix elements of EO transitions, ρ(EO), are estimated. 21 refs., 2 figs., 8 tabs

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[en] Covariance matrix elements depict the statistical and systematic uncertainties in reactor parameter measurements. All the efforts have so far been devoted only to minimise the statistical uncertainty by repeated measurements but the dominant systematic uncertainty has either been neglected or randomized. In recent years efforts has been devoted to simulate the resonance parameter uncertainty information through covariance matrices in code SAMMY. But, the code does not have any provision to check the reliability of the simulated covariance data. We propose a new approach called entropy based information theory to reduce the systematic uncertainty in the correlation matrix element so that resonance parameters with minimum systematic uncertainty can be modelled. We apply our information theory approach in generating the resonance parameters of ¹⁵⁶Gd with reduced systematic uncertainty and demonstrate the superiority of our technique over the principal component analysis method

[en] It is shown that additional information from the (p,p') reaction can provide an important test of the nature of the M1 excitations recently observed in deformed nuclei via electromagnetic studies and interpreted to be collective current excitations

[en] A theoretical analysis of positive-parity states in ¹⁵⁶Gd is carried out. The nonadiabaticies, presented in electromagnetic transitions. The values of the monopole matrix element p(E0) are estimated

[en] This paper comments on the arguments of the paper by P. Halse [Phys. Rev. C 39, 1104 (1989)]

[en] Here, the coefficients and indices of the different spins are obtained using equation after subtracting band head difference E(2"+_2). The 'a' and 'b' parameters of γ-band and ground band nuclei are compared for "1"5"6Gd, "1"5"6","1"6"2"-"1"6"4Dy, "1"6"2"-"1"7"0Er, "1"7"8Hf and "1"8"6Pt. These nuclei are having the energies in γ-band up to spin I"π = 10"+