Lifetime of the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> state of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mmulti

The evolution of the collectivity of tellurium isotopes from midshell towards <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <a:mrow> <a:mi>N</a:mi> <a:mo>=</a:mo> <a:mn>82</a:mn> </a:mrow> </a:math> is currently based mainly on properties of the first excited <b:math xmlns:b="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <b:msup> <b:mn>2</b:mn> <b:mo>+</b:mo> </b:msup> </b:math> states. To extend structural information in this isotopic chain, in particular with respect to the balance of microscopic, seniority-type, and collective excitations, electric quadrupole transition strengths from <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <c:msup> <c:mn>4</c:mn> <c:mo>+</c:mo> </c:msup> </c:math> states need to be considered. An experiment was performed to determine the <d:math xmlns:d="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <d:msubsup> <d:mn>4</d:mn> <d:mn>1</d:mn> <d:mo>+</d:mo> </d:msubsup> </d:math> lifetime of <e:math xmlns:e="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <e:mmultiscripts> <e:mi>Te</e:mi> <e:mprescripts/> <e:none/> <e:mn>132</e:mn> </e:mmultiscripts> </e:math> via the recoil-distance Doppler-shift method at the University of Cologne tandem accelerator. The isotope of interest was populated in the two neutron-transfer reaction <f:math xmlns:f="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <f:mmultiscripts> <f:mi>Te</f:mi> <f:mprescripts/> <f:none/> <f:mn>130</f:mn> </f:mmultiscripts> </f:math> ( <g:math xmlns:g="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <g:mrow> <g:mmultiscripts> <g:mi mathvariant="normal">O</g:mi> <g:mprescripts/> <g:none/> <g:mn>18</g:mn> </g:mmultiscripts> <g:mo>,</g:mo> <g:mmultiscripts> <g:mi mathvariant="normal">O</g:mi> <g:mprescripts/> <g:none/> <g:mn>16</g:mn> </g:mmultiscripts> </g:mrow> </g:math> ) <j:math xmlns:j="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <j:mmultiscripts> <j:mi>Te</j:mi> <j:none/> <j:mo>*</j:mo> <j:mprescripts/> <j:none/> <j:mn>132</j:mn> </j:mmultiscripts> </j:math> . The <k:math xmlns:k="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <k:mrow> <k:mi>E</k:mi> <k:mn>2</k:mn> </k:mrow> </k:math> decay transition strength has been determined to be <l:math xmlns:l="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <l:mrow> <l:mi>B</l:mi> <l:mrow> <l:mo>(</l:mo> <l:mi>E</l:mi> <l:mn>2</l:mn> <l:mo>;</l:mo> <l:msubsup> <l:mn>4</l:mn> <l:mn>1</l:mn> <l:mo>+</l:mo> </l:msubsup> <l:mo>→</l:mo> <l:msubsup> <l:mn>2</l:mn> <l:mn>1</l:mn> <l:mo>+</l:mo> </l:msubsup> <l:mo>)</l:mo> </l:mrow> <l:mo>=</l:mo> <l:mn>9.3</l:mn> <l:mrow> <l:mo>(</l:mo> <l:mn>10</l:mn> <l:mo>)</l:mo> </l:mrow> <l:mspace width="0.16em"/> <l:mtext>W.u.</l:mtext> </l:mrow> </l:math> This value differs from literature data but compares favorably to shell model calculations.