Deuteron-induced reaction studies of the nuclear structure of178Hf

The level structure of178Hf is interpreted on the basis of the population of the states following178Hf (d, d′),177Hf (d, p) and179Hf (d, t) reactions. Evidence for quadrupole and octupole vibrational bands and unmixed and intermixed two-quasiparticle configurations is presented.