Identification of Yrast high-K intrinsic states in 188Os

The high-spin structure of the Z=76 nucleus 188 Os has been studied using the incomplete fusion reaction 7 Li +186 W. A K = 10+ band has been established up to spin (24+ ) and its crossing with the ground state band studied. In addition, intrinsic high-K states have been identified and on top of two of them, K = 7- and K = 10- , regular bands have been observed. The K =16+ and K =18+ states are Yrast while the K =14+ level lies only 33 keV above the Yrast line and decays with a low reduced hindrance of f < 1.3 to the ground state band (K=14). The results are discussed by means of a systematic comparison with the even-even neighbouring nucleus 186 Os. Configurationconstrained multi-quasiparticle potential-energy-surface calculations have been performed in order to identify the configurations of multi-quasiparticle states.