The highest spin discrete levels in 131,132Ce

The three superdeformed (SD) bands in 132Ce and the two SD bands in 131Ce have been extended to higher spin following experiments with the EUROBALL IV spectrometer. The two SD bands in 131Ce have been linked together. However, despite the relatively high population intensity of the bands (up to 5% of the respective channel), it has not been possible to unambiguously link any of the five SD bands into the low-spin, normally deformed structures of 131, 132Ce.