DSAM Lifetime Studies for Gd-Nd nuclei with EUROBALL and AFRODITE

Lifetimes of high‐spin states have been measured for 142Gd and 134Nd with EU‐ROBALL IV and AFRODITE, respectively, using DSAM. From calculations in the cranked Nilsson‐Strutinsky model it was concluded that at the high‐spin states of the (+,0)1 band, 142Gd represents a triaxial nucleus rotating around the longest principal axis.