A note on the parity of Iπ = 5− state in 126,128Xe

Excited states in [Formula: see text]Xe were populated via [Formula: see text]Sn(9Be, 5n[Formula: see text]) and [Formula: see text]Sn(9Be, 3n[Formula: see text]) fusion-evaporation reactions, respectively, at a beam energy of 48[Formula: see text]MeV. The electromagnetic (electric or magnetic) nature and multipolarity of some inter-band [Formula: see text] rays are determined from linear polarization and angular correlation measurements. Re-measured/newly measured linear polarization asymmetry helps to assign the parity of 2302-keV ([Formula: see text]Xe)/2228-keV ([Formula: see text]Xe) [Formula: see text] state unequivocally.