Two-quasiparticle states in {sup 250}Bk studied by decay scheme and transfer reaction spectroscopy.

Two-quasiparticle states in {sup 250}Bk were investigated with decay scheme studies and the single-neutron transfer reaction {sup 249}Bk(d,p){sup 250}Bk. Mass-separated sources of {sup 254}Es were used for {alpha} singles and {alpha}-{gamma} coincidence measurements. These studies, plus previous studies of {sup 254}Es{sup m} {alpha} decay and the {sup 249}Bk(n,{gamma}) reaction, provide spins and parities of the observed levels. The transfer reaction {sup 249}Bk(d,p){sup 250}Bk was used to deduce neutron single-particle components of the observed bands. Six pairs of singlet and triplet states, formed by the coupling of proton and neutron one-quasiparticle states, were identified. The splitting energies between the triplet and singlet states were found to be in agreement with previous calculations.