Band crossings and signature splitting in 159Ho

High spin states in 159 Ho were populated in the reaction 152 Sm(11 B,4n) at 60 MeV. The rotational band based on the 7/2+ [404] Nilsson configuration has been established and the rotational bands based on the 7/2- [523], 1/2+ [411] and 1/2- [541] Nilsson configurations have been extended. The neutron band crossings of the various bands and the energy signature splitting of the 7/2- [523] bands are analysed in terms of the cranked shell model.

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