High-spin study of 113Xe: Smooth band termination in valence space

High-spin states have been populated in Xe-113(54) using the Ni-58(Ni-58,2pn) reaction. A backed-target experiment, at a low beam energy of 210 MeV, was performed using the JUROSPHERE spectrometer, while a thin-target experiment at 250 MeV was performed using the GAMMASPHERE spectrometer in conjunction with the MICROBALL charged-particle detector array and a neutron-detector array. Several new band structures have been identified, one of which exhibits characteristics of smooth termination at high spin.