High spin states of 175'176pt have been populated in 144Sm(35Cl, pxn) reactions at beam energies of 175-185 MeV. In-beam y-ray spectroscopic techniques using the ESSA30 spectrometer array were adopted. Levels up to spin 26 in 176pt and tentatively up to spin 45/2 in 175pt have been identified. The data are interpreted within the framework of Cranked Shell Model calculations using the deformed Woods-Saxon potential and including monopole pairing.

Excited states have been identified in the very neutron-deficient 119 Ba nucleus. Two bands have been observed, which are likely to be based on h 11/2 and (g 7/2 d 5/2 ) neutron orbitals. Despite this being the first observation of excited states in 119 Ba, the bands extend to (75/2)ប and (79/2)ប, respectively. The bands have been assigned to 119 Ba using gamma-recoil and gamma-x-ray coincidences. Several quasiparticle alignments have been identified, involving neutron (h 11/2 ) 2 and proton (h 11/2 ) 2 aligned configurations. Furthermore, the bands show features which are reasonably consistent with smooth band termination at high spin. Theoretical results for 119 Ba are discussed within the framework of cranked Woods-Saxon and Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations.

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