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d,p) angular distributions have been measured along with (p,y) correlations in Be 9 , B 10 , and Mg 24 in order to test the applicability of stripping correlation theory and assign tentative quantum numbers. Deuteron energies were 2.5 to 4 Mev. All correlations exhibited the predicted deuteron energy independence and approximate angular symmetry in the (d,p) plane at energies above 3.5 Mev. The Be 9 correlation was shown to be isotropic to ±7% in the plane perpendicular to the axis of the recoil nucleus. The observation of a (d,p) stripping peak 2 or 3 times the minimum yield is not a sufficient criterion for the observation of a correlation which is independent of deuteron energy. All correlations were of the form 1+^4 cos 2 0 (gamma, recoil nucleus). The observed A's were -0.50, 0.00, +0.50, -0.40, for Be 10 * (3.37 Mev), B 11 * (4.46 Mev), B 11 * (6.76 Mev), Mg 25 * (3.40 Mev), respectively. All uncertainties in A's were =b0.05. Spin 1/2 is ruled out for Mg 25 * (3.40 Mev). The Be 9 anisotropy is within 15% of one extreme of theoretically possible anisotropics. The incoming channel spin mixing ratio found in Be 9 can be gotten by assuming pure L-S coupling and a 3 P 2 Be 10 * level. The spin 9/2 is unlikely for the B 11 * (4.46 Mev) level, while the spin 3/2 is ruled out and 9/2 is unlikely for the B 11 * (6.76 Mev) level.* Part of a dissertation presented by S. A. Cox in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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By using protons as bombarding particles, a study has been made of the yields and angular distributions of Coulomb-excited gamma rays in tantalum (137, 166, 303 kev), tungsten (114 kev), and gold (277, 195, 545 kev). Coincidence experiments show that the 277-kev and the previously unreported 545-kev transition go to the ground state and that the Ta 166-kev line represents a cascade from 303 kev. Thin-target yield data for the 277-kev gamma gives an absolute cross section which is in approximate agreement with the theory while the absolute cross section for the 545-kev transition is seven times too large. [_Note added in proof.-On correcting an arithmetical error the absolute cross section for the 545-kev transition is also found to be in approximate agreement with the theory.] In both cases the experimental cross sections increase more rapidly than the theory. Thick-target yields from the five strongest gamma rays are greater than the theory by factors ranging from 6 to 100 percent between proton energies of 2 and 4 Mev. Agreement with the theory becomes worse with increasing level energy and decreasing proton energy. On the basis of the theory the angular distribution data permit an unambiguous spin assignment of 7/2 to the 545-kev level and give agreement with the previously established spins for the 277 (Au), 137, 303 (Ta), and 114-kev (W) levels. The ratio of E2 to Ml radiation is 7_ 5 +13 /100 for the 277-kev radiation (Au) and less than 5/100 for the 137-kev radiation (Ta).