Coulomb excitation of154Sm

The deformed nucleus154Sm was studied by Coulomb excitation with NORDBALL by using a58Ni beam. The ground-state band, the beta band, the gamma band and the octupole band (K=0-) were excited up to the 16+ state, the 6+ state, the 6+ state and the 13-state, respectively. A new band was established from 6+ to 14+ on the basis of the gamma-gamma coincidence spectra. The excitation probability of the new band is larger than that of the beta band.