The recoil-distance Doppler-shift and Doppler-shift attenuation techniques
were employed to determine for the first time lifetimes of high-spin states
in Cd-104 in the time range 0.3 ps less than or equal to tau less than or
equal to1.2 ns. The nuclei were populated using the compound nucleus reacti
on Ni-58(Cr-50, 4p) and the gamma radiation from their decay was detected w
ith the GASP spectrometer. A total of 34 reduced transition probabilities a
nd limits for 18 further transitions were extracted providing a rich basis
for a comparison with theoretical calculations. In addition, the lifetime d
ata contained new information urging for a revision of the published level
scheme of Cd-104. In particular, a magnetic dipole band recently establishe
d and interpreted as magnetic rotation is shown to he not existing. The new
experimental results in Cd-104 are discussed in the frame of the interacti
ng boson plus broken pair model.