“…For example, high-spin states in neutron-rich 182 Hf have been successfully identified through a deep inelastic reaction with a 136 Xe beam incident on 180 Hf [1]. Using 18 O-induced multi-nucleon transfer reactions such as ( 18 O, 16 O), ( 18 O, 17 O), ( 18 O, 19 F), and ( 18 O, 20 Ne), modest spin states of neutron-rich nuclei have been studied [4][5][6][7][8][9]. In the present work, excited states of the neutron-rich 183 Ta have been populated following a two-neutron transfer reaction of 181 Ta( 18 O, 16 O).…”