Spin assignment for the pi h(11/2)circle times nu h(11/2) yrast band in odd-odd Cs-124 - art. no. 057304

High spin states of odd-odd nucleus Cs-124 have been studied following the Sn-116(B-11,3n) reaction at a beam energy of 45 MeV. The previously reporte d isolated rotational bands are connected to each other by various linking transitions and to the 1(+) ground state through different decay paths. The spin of the lowest observed state in the pih(11/2) x nuh(11/2) yrast band is determined to be 9 (h) over bar which is two units larger than that sugg ested by the latest in-beam study and confirms the spin assignment proposed by a recent systematics study on spin assignment and signature inversion o f the pih(11/2) x nuh(11/2) bands in odd-odd isotopes Cs118-132.