Emerging nuclear collectivity in $^{124-130}$Te

The emergence of nuclear collectivity near doubly-magic 132 Sn was explored along the stable, eveneven 124−130 Te isotopes. Preliminary measurements of the B (E2; 41+ → 21+ ) transition strengths are reported from Coulomb excitation experiments primarily aimed at measuring the g factors of the 41+ states. Isotopically enriched Te targets were excited by 198-205 MeV 58 Ni beams. A comparison of transition strengths obtained is made to large-scale shell-model calculations with successes and limitations discussed.