The high spin states in Ba-126 were populated by means of the reaction
Sn-116 (O-16, 2p4n) Ba-126 at the beam energy of 73 MeV. Lifetimes of
the states around the backbend in the yrast band were measured by usi
ng the Doppler shift attenuation method. The corresponding normalized
B(E2) values are pronouncedly reduced for the 10(+) and 12(+) states.
The experimental results are compared with the theoretical predictions
of the particle-rotor model.