The ${}^{14}\mathrm{C}$(${}^{14}\mathrm{C}$, d) reaction at 22 MeV was used to study $T_z=2$ ${}^{26}\mathrm{Na}$. Charged particles were detected with a Si detector telescope at $0^{°}$, and γ transitions in coincidence were detected with an array of three Compton-suppressed “clover” detectors and seven Compton-suppressed single Ge crystals. The Deuteron-γ and $d\text{−}\gamma \text{−}\gamma$ coincidence data were analyzed to study the structure of ${}^{26}\mathrm{Na}$. New levels were found, and precise energies and γ-decay patterns were determined for many states previously observed in charge-exchange reactions. Candidates were observed for the $1^{+}$ state missing in β decay. Mixing ratios were determined for some γ transitions from angular distribution information. There is reasonable agreement with the model based on the universal $s\text{−}d$ shell (USD) interaction.

• Received 13 March 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.73.044321