The structure of ' Pr has been investigated by performing measurements of y-ray and conversionelectron singles and yy coincidence spectra of mass separated sources of 56-s ' Ce. The proposed level scheme extends the known structure of ' Pr to an energy of 2.2 MeV and includes several levels below 1.2 MeV that have not been identified in previous decay studies of ' Ce. Measurement of the conversion coefficients for several transitions has led to the assignment of negative parity to the levels at 362, 452, 467, and 608 keV in ' Pr, which show properties similar to low-energy negative-parity states identified in ' 'Pr, 6, ' 'La", and ' Pm«. The presence of low-energy negative-parity states suggests that configurations having significantly different deformation, related to the highly deformed region above X =90 and/or to the reQection asymmetric region identified around ' Ba, may manifest themselves at low energy in these nuclides.PACS number(s): 23.20.Lv, 27.60.+j, 21.60.Ev, 23.40.Hc
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