Additional superdeformed states in the continuum of 149Gd

The analysis of γ-ray energy-energy correlations measured in the 124Sn + 30Si reaction at 150 MeV beam energy reveals that the known discrete line superdeformed band accounts for only (19–48)% of all possible superdeformed states populated in 149Gd in the γ-ray energy range of 1263–1433 keV. The ridge structure was examined for possible additional discrete line bands.