Excited states in Sn-116 have been studied by using the DORIS Ge array
combined with charged particle detectors. High-spin states were obser
ved up to I approximate to 20HBAR region. Spherical as well as regular
, deformed level structures were found. The spherical states are inter
preted to arise from pure neutron configurations, while the deformed,
intruder bands are most likely to involve the proton 2p - 2h excitatio
ns across the Z = 50 shell gap.