Lifetime measurement of excited states in ^116 Xe

Lifetimes of excited states in ^116 Xe were measured using the recoil-distance Doppler-shift technique. Excited ^116 Xe nuclei were populated in the fusion-evaporation reaction ^102 Pd( ^16 O,2n) ^116 Xe. Lifetimes of the 2 ^+_1 and 4 ^+_1 states were evaluated using the differential decay-curve method with γ - γ -coincidence data as well as lifetimes of the 6 ^+_1 and 7 ^-_1 states using simulations of spectra considering Doppler-shift attenuation effects.