Gallagher-Moszkowski (GM) doublet bands in 162Ho

High-spin states in 162Ho have been populated in the reaction 160Gd(7Li, 5n) at a beam energy of 49 MeV. The K π=1- band, the low-K Gallagher-Moszkowski (GM) partner band of known high-K(K π=6-) band, based on the configuration π7/2-[523]·ν5/2+[642], and the K π=6+ band, the high-K GM partner band of known low-K(Kπ=1+) band, based on the configuration π7/2-[523]·ν5/2-[523], have been identified. GM splitting energies, defined as ΔEGM=EintK-EintK, 80 keV and -135 keV were extracted from these two sets of GM doublet bands, respectively. They are comparable with 65 keV and -145 keV, reported recently by Hojman et al. for the corresponding configurations π7/2-[523]·ν5/2+[642] and π7/2-[523]·ν5/2-[523] in 164Ho, respectively