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Abstract

The very neutron-deficient isotope 102 Cd was produced in the reaction 50 Cr( 56 Fe, 2p2n) 102 Cd at 195 MeV and was identified using the Daresbury recoil separator. A pure γ -ray spectrum belonging to the de-excitation of the excited states of 102 Cd was obtained in-beam. Twenty γ -ray lines were identified, ten of them for the first time. The intensity balance concerning some of these γ -rays together with the results obtained from the coincident measurements show the existence of a new set of levels which may be interpreted as being a side band confirming the coupling of (v) −2 and (π ) 4 configurations.