Lifetime measurement of excited states in ${}^{116}$Xe

Lifetimes of excited states in ${}^{116}$Xe were measured using the recoil-distance Doppler-shift technique. Excited ${}^{116}$Xe nuclei were populated in the fusion-evaporation reaction ${}^{102}$Pd(${}^{16}$O,2n)${}^{116}$Xe. Lifetimes of the 2${}_1^{+}$ and 4${}_1^{+}$ states were evaluated using the differential decay-curve method with γ-γ-coincidence data as well as lifetimes of the 6${}_1^{+}$ and 7${}_1^{-}$ states using simulations of spectra considering Doppler-shift attenuation effects.