High spin states have been populated in ${}^{102}\mathrm{Rh}$ using the reaction ${}^{70}\mathrm{Zn}{(}^{36}\mathrm{S},p3n\gamma )$ at 130 MeV. The γ rays have been detected with the EUROGAM2 array. The level structure of ${}^{102}\mathrm{Rh}$ has been investigated. Several bands have been identified and established over a wide range of spin. They are interpreted using the Nilsson-Strutinsky cranking formalism and explained in terms of band terminations. Their configurations are built from the valence particles and valence holes relative to a ${}^{90}\mathrm{Zr}$ core: $g_{9/2}$ protons (and $N=3\mathrm{}$ proton holes) and $d_{5/2},$ $g_{7/2},$ and $h_{11/2}$ neutrons. After ${}^{102}\mathrm{Pd},$ ${}^{102}\mathrm{Rh}$ is the second heavy nucleus and the first odd-odd nucleus in which configurations in the valence space are followed from low spin up to their termination.

• Received 24 July 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.59.R570