Low-lying J=1 states in {sup 106}Cd

The atomic nucleus {sup 106}Cd was studied via the {beta}-decay of {sup 106}In and using nuclear resonance fluorescence. The decay pattern of five J=1 states and precise lifetimes of three spin 1 states have been deduced. By combining both data sets a candidate for the quadrupole-octupole coupled 1{sup -} state was identified at 2825 keV. Only this state shows the decay pattern comparable with the known quadrupole-octupole coupled 1{sup -} states in the other even-even stable cadmium isotopes {sup 108-116}Cd. For the description of this collective state a good agreement with predictions of the Q-phonon approach using a fermionic configurational space and microscopic calculations on the basis of the random phase approximation was found.