High-spin states in the doubly-odd Z = 77 nucleus 188 Ir were populated in the 186 W͑ 7 Li,5n͒ reaction at 52 MeV. Two nearly degenerate ⌬I = 1 sequences with the same parity were established. Both bands have been assigned the h 9/2 i 13/2 configuration, based on the systematic behavior of these excitations in the Ir nuclei and on the measured values for the B͑M1͒ / B͑E2͒ ratios, and they are suggested as candidates for a chiral doublet.

Following Coulomb excitation of the radioactive ion beam (RIB) 132Te at HRIBF we report the first use of the recoil-in-vacuum (RIV) method to determine the g factor of the 2(+)(1) state: g(973.9 keV 2(+) 132Te) = (+)0.35(5). The advantages offered by the RIV method in the context of RIBs and modern detector arrays are discussed.

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