The nucleus ${}^{35}S$ has been studied by in-beam $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy using the ${}^{24}$Mg(${}^{14}$N,$3p$) fusion-evaporation reaction at $E_{\mathrm{lab}}=40$ MeV. A level scheme extended up to $J^{\pi }=17/2^{+}$ at 8023 keV and $J^{\pi }=13/2^{-}$ at 6352 keV has been established. Lifetimes of six excited states have been determined by applying the Doppler shift attenuation method. The experimental data have been compared with the results of large-scale shell model calculations performed using different effective interactions and model spaces allowing particle-hole excitations across the $N=Z=20$ shell gap.

• Received 20 November 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.014310