Estimamos os valores das polarizabilidades dipolares elétrica e magnética do próton, levando em conta as contribuições das ressonâncias nucleônicas de menor massa: P33 (1236), P11 (1450), D13 (1525), S11(1550), e da ressonância mesônica &#949 (660). O valor obtido para a soma das polarizabilidades concorda bem com os dados experimentais. Por outro lado, o valor obtido para cada uma delas, que depende do valor não bem determinado da largura do decaimento &#949 &#8594 &#933 &#933, é compatível com os valores experimentais / We have estimated the values of electric and magnetic polarizabilities of the proton, taking into account the contributions of the low masses nucleon ressonances : P33 (1236), P11 (1450), D13 (1525), S11(1550) and the meson ressonance &#949 (660). The obtained value for the sumo f the polarizabilities is in good agreement with the experimental data. On the other hand, the value, of each polarizability, which depends on the not too well determined width decay &#949 &#8594 &#933 &#933, is compatible with experimental values

Estimamos os valores das polarizabilidades dipolares elétrica e magnética do próton, levando em conta as contribuições das ressonâncias nucleônicas de menor massa: P33 (1236), P11 (1450), D13 (1525), S11(1550), e da ressonância mesônica &#949 (660). O valor obtido para a soma das polarizabilidades concorda bem com os dados experimentais. Por outro lado, o valor obtido para cada uma delas, que depende do valor não bem determinado da largura do decaimento &#949 &#8594 &#933 &#933, é compatível com os valores experimentais / We have estimated the values of electric and magnetic polarizabilities of the proton, taking into account the contributions of the low masses nucleon ressonances : P33 (1236), P11 (1450), D13 (1525), S11(1550) and the meson ressonance &#949 (660). The obtained value for the sumo f the polarizabilities is in good agreement with the experimental data. On the other hand, the value, of each polarizability, which depends on the not too well determined width decay &#949 &#8594 &#933 &#933, is compatible with experimental values

This thesis presents a robust method for estimating the relaxations of a metallic object from its electromagnetic induction (EMI) response. The EMI response of a metallic object can be accurately modeled by a sum of real decaying exponentials. However, it is diffcult to obtain the model parameters from measurements when the number of exponentials in the sum is unknown or the terms are strongly correlated. Traditionally, the time constants and residues are estimated by nonlinear iterative search that often leads to unsatisfactory results. In this thesis, a constrained linear method of estimating the parameters is formulated by enumerating the relaxation parameter space and imposing a nonnegative constraint on the parameters. The resulting algorithm does not depend on a good initial guess to converge to a solution. Using tests on synthetic data and laboratory measurement of known targets the proposed method is shown to provide accurate and stable estimates of the model parameters.