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Excited states in 102Rh, populated in the fusion-evaporation reaction Zr94(11B,3n)102Rh at a beam energy of 36 MeV, were studied using the Indian National Gamma Array spectrometer at Inter University Accelerator Center, New Delhi. The angular correlations and the electromagnetic character of some of the gamma-ray transitions observed were investigated in detail. A new chiral candidate sister band was found. Lifetimes of exited states in both chiral candidate bands of 102Rh were measured for the first time in the A∼100 mass region by means of the Doppler-shift attenuation technique. The derived reduced transition probabilities are compared to the predictions of the two quasiparticles plus triaxial rotor model. Both experimental results and calculations do not support the presence of static chirality in 102Rh.

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A Coulomb-excitation reorientation-effect measurement using the TIGRESS γ−ray spectrometer at the TRI-UMF/ISAC II facility has permitted the determination of the 2 + 1 ||Ê2 || 2 + 1 diagonal matrix element in 12 C from particle−γ coincidence data and state-of-the-art no-core shell model calculations of the nuclear polarizability. The nuclear polarizability for the ground and first-excited (2 + 1 ) states in 12 C have been calculated using chiral NN N 4 LO500 and NN+3NF350 interactions, which show convergence and agreement with photo-absorption cross-section data. Predictions show a change in the nuclear polarizability with a substantial increase between the ground state and first excited 2 + 1 state at 4.439 MeV. The polarizability of the 2 + 1 state is introduced into the current and previous Coulombexcitation reorientation-effect analyses of 12 C. Spectroscopic quadrupole moments of Q S (2 + 1 ) = +0.053(44) eb and Q S (2 + 1 ) = +0.08(3) eb are determined, respectively, yielding a weighted average of Q S (2 + 1 ) = +0.071(25) eb, in agreement with recent ab initio calculations. The present measurement confirms that the 2 + 1 state of 12 C is oblate and emphasizes the important role played by the nuclear polarizability in Coulomb-excitation studies of light nuclei.

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