Lifetime measurements in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi>Mo</mml:mi><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>102</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:math> interpreted in the interacting boson model and th

Lifetimes of low-lying excited states in <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><a:mmultiscripts><a:mi>Mo</a:mi><a:mprescripts/><a:none/><a:mn>102</a:mn></a:mmultiscripts></a:math> populated in the two-neutron transfer reaction <b:math xmlns:b="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><b:mrow><b:mmultiscripts><b:mi>Mo</b:mi><b:mprescripts/><b:none/><b:mn>100</b:mn></b:mmultiscripts><b:mo>(</b:mo><b:mmultiscripts><b:mi mathvariant="normal">O</b:mi><b:mprescripts/><b:none/><b:mn>18</b:mn></b:mmultiscripts><b:mo>,</b:mo><b:mmultiscripts><b:mi mathvariant="normal">O</b:mi><b:mprescripts/><b:none/><b:mn>16</b:mn></b:mmultiscripts><b:mo>)</b:mo><b:mmultiscripts><b:mi>Mo</b:mi><b:mprescripts/><b:none/><b:mn>102</b:mn></b:mmultiscripts></b:mrow></b:math> were measured using the recoil distance Doppler shift method at the IFIN-HH Tandem accelerator. Lifetimes of the <e:math xmlns:e="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><e:msubsup><e:mn>2</e:mn><e:mn>1</e:mn><e:mo>+</e:mo></e:msubsup><e:mo>,</e:mo><e:mo> </e:mo><e:msubsup><e:mn>0</e:mn><e:mn>2</e:mn><e:mo>+</e:mo></e:msubsup><e:mo>,</e:mo><e:mo> </e:mo><e:msubsup><e:mn>4</e:mn><e:mn>1</e:mn><e:mo>+</e:mo></e:msubsup><e:mo>,</e:mo><e:mo> </e:mo><e:msubsup><e:mn>2</e:mn><e:mn>2</e:mn><e:mo>+</e:mo></e:msubsup><e:mo>,</e:mo><e:mo> </e:mo><e:msubsup><e:mn>2</e:mn><e:mn>3</e:mn><e:mo>+</e:mo></e:msubsup><e:mo>,</e:mo><e:mo> </e:mo><e:msubsup><e:mn>3</e:mn><e:mn>1</e:mn><e:mo>+</e:mo></e:msubsup><e:mo>,</e:mo><e:mo> </e:mo><e:msubsup><e:mn>6</e:mn><e:mn>1</e:mn><e:mo>+</e:mo></e:msubsup></e:math>, (<f:math xmlns:f="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><f:msubsup><f:mn>0</f:mn><f:mn>3</f:mn><f:mo>+</f:mo></f:msubsup></f:math>), <g:math xmlns:g="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><g:msubsup><g:mn>4</g:mn><g:mn>2</g:mn><g:mo>+</g:mo></g:msubsup></g:math>, (<h:math xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><h:msubsup><h:mn>3</h:mn><h:mn>1</h:mn><h:mo>−</h:mo></h:msubsup></h:math>), and (<i:math xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><i:msubsup><i:mn>5</i:mn><i:mn>1</i:mn><i:mo>−</i:mo></i:msubsup></i:math>) states were obtained. The deduced electromagnetic transition strengths have been compared to calculations performed in the interacting boson model framework including models representing the U(5) and X(5) symmetries. It is found that <j:math xmlns:j="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><j:mmultiscripts><j:mi>Mo</j:mi><j:mprescripts/><j:none/><j:mn>102</j:mn></j:mmultiscripts></j:math> lies between the U(5) limit and the X(5) critical point symmetry.