Level scheme of ¹¹⁴Pd

The even-A neutron-rich Palladium isotopes are known to show interesting structural features. The energy of the yrast 2⁺ state decreases smoothly from 512 keV for ¹⁰⁶Pd to 332 keV for ¹¹⁴Pd suggesting a transition from a weakly deformed to a moderately deformed structure. However, the presence of additional states with spin 2⁺, 3⁺, 4⁺, etc. indicates that the γ-deformation degree of freedom is also important in the even-even Pd nuclei. Experimental results on ¹¹⁰Pd have recently been published by the present group where the ground-state band is reported up to (14⁺) and the γ-band up to (8⁺). An attempt is made to study the positive-parity states in ¹¹⁴Pd in the present work from fusion-fission reaction