[en] Lifetimes for decays linking near-yrast states in ¹⁰⁷Cd have been measured using the recoil distance method (RDM). The nucleus of interest was populated via the ⁹⁸Mo(¹²C,3n)¹⁰⁷Cd fusion-evaporation reaction at an incident beam energy of 60 MeV. From the measured lifetimes, transition probabilities have been deduced and compared with the theoretical B(E2) values for limiting cases of harmonic vibrational and axially deformed rotational systems. Our initial results suggest a rotor-like behavior for the structure based on the unnatural-parity, h_11/2 orbital in ¹⁰⁷Cd, providing further evidence for the role of this 'shape-polarizing' orbital in stabilizing the nuclear deformation in the A ∼ 100 transitional region

[en] The gamma-decay of fragments from deep-inelastic and multi-nucleon transfer processes which occur when a beam of ²⁶Mg at 160 MeV is incident on a thin ¹⁵⁰Nd target was studied using the EUROBALL IV array of escape suppressed Ge detectors at Strasbourg. The good resolving power of EUROBALL IV was further increased by combining it with the Binary Reaction Spectrometer (BRS), used for the detection of projectile-like fragments. The BRS allows full kinematic reconstruction of the binary reaction allowing crucial Doppler corrections of gamma-ray spectra to be performed. Some preliminary results are presented. (orig.)