Lifetime measurement of excited states in ${}^{46}$Ti

The level lifetimes of the yrast 2${}_1^{+}$, 4${}_1^{+}$ and 6${}_1^{+}$ states and an upper limit of the lifetime of the 8${}_1^{+}$ state in ${}^{46}$Ti have been measured with high accuracy exploiting the recoil distance Doppler-shift method (RDDS) and using γγ coincidences. The nuclei were populated by the fusion evaporation reaction ${}^{40}$Ca(${}^9$Be, 2p1n)${}^{46}$Ti at a beam energy of E = 33 MeV at the FN tandem accelerator of the University of Cologne, Germany. Lifetimes were extracted using the established differential decay curve method (DDCM).