High-angular-momentum states in 64 Zn were populated in the 40 Ca͑ 28 Si, 4p͒ reaction at a beam energy of 122 MeV. Evaporated, light, charged particles were identified by the Microball, while ␥ rays were detected using the Gammasphere array. The main focus of this paper is on two strongly coupled, collective bands. The yrast band, which was previously known, has been linked to lower-lying states establishing the excitation energies and angular momenta of in-band states for the first time. The newly identified excited band decays to the yrast band but firm angular-momentum assignments could not be made. In order to interpret these structures cranked-Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations have been performed. The calculations have been extended to account for the distribution of nucleons within a configuration. The yrast collective band is interpreted as based on the ͑f 7/2 ͒ −1 ͑p 3/2 f 5/2 ͒ 2 ͑g 9/2 ͒ 1 ͑p 3/2 f 5/2 ͒ 4 ͑g 9/2 ͒ 2 configuration. There are several possible interpretations of the second band but it is difficult to distinguish between the different possibilities.
A. AnalysisHigh-angular-momentum states were populated in the 40 Ca͑ 28 Si, 4p͒ reaction at a beam energy of 122 MeV. The beam, accelerated by the ATLAS accelerator at the Argonne National Laboratory, was incident on a Ӎ400 g/cm 2 40 Ca foil with a flash of Ӎ100 g/cm 2 Au on both sides to prevent oxidation. ␥ rays were detected with the Gammasphere array [15] which, for this experiment, comprised 101 HPGe detectors. Light charged particles were detected with the Mi-*Present address: