Lifetimes of excited states in $$^{116}$$
116
Xe were measured using the recoil-distance Doppler-shift technique. Excited $$^{116}$$
116
Xe nuclei were populated in the fusion-evaporation reaction $$^{102}$$
102
Pd($$^{16}$$
16
O,2n)$$^{116}$$
116
Xe. Lifetimes of the 2$$^+_1$$
1
+
and 4$$^+_1$$
1
+
states were evaluated using the differential decay-curve method with $$\gamma $$
γ
-$$\gamma $$
γ
-coincidence data as well as lifetimes of the 6$$^+_1$$
1
+
and 7$$^-_1$$
1
-
states using simulations of spectra considering Doppler-shift attenuation effects.