New structures in odd-odd 120I

The excited states of the doubly-odd I-120 have been investigated via the Pd-110(N-14, 4n) and the Cd-114(B-10, 4n) reactions at beam energies of 64 MeV and 48 MeV, respectively. The previously known bands are extended, and a new band structure is established. The yrast band is assigned to the pi h(11/2) circle times nu h(11/2) configuration instead of the previously assigned pi g(7/2) circle times nu h(11/2) configuration. Possible configurations of the other observed bands are also discussed.