High spin states in 144Sm

High spin states of 144Sm have been investigated via the nSTe(24Mg,4n) reaction at 98 MeV with in-beam 7-ray spectroscopy using the Compton-suppressed germanium de- tector array OSIRIS-CUBE. 44 new levels and 82 new transi- tions have been placed in the level scheme. Spins up to J=18h were assigned from gamma angular distribution data and pari- ties were determined from gamma linear polarization data ob- tained using the POLALI spectrometer. The experimentally observed excitation energies of negative parity states could be well reproduced by shell model calculations.