High-spin rotational levels in 178W populated in the 177Hf(α, 3nγ) reaction

High-spin rotational levels in 178W were populated in the 177Hf(α, 3nγ) reaction. The yrast sequence of states is identified to spin 16 and is contrasted with similar data for 180W and 182W. Two probable two quasi-neutron bands with Kπ = 6+ and 7− are characterized from derived gK values and decay patterns. The Kπ = 2− octupole band is identified to spin 13, and the higher-spin members of the lowest Kπ = 0+ band are placed. A 35 ns isomer is identified at 3528 keV.