High-spin states inCl34

High-spin states in ${}_{}{}^{34}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Cl}$ were populated in the ${}_{}{}^{27}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Al}({}_{}{}^{12}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{C}, \alpha n){}_{}{}^{34}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Cl}$ fusion-evaporation reaction between 27 and 45 MeV incident energy and in the ${}_{}{}^{31}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{P}(\alpha , n){}_{}{}^{34}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Cl}$ reaction at 14.4 MeV. The decay scheme is obtained from $\gamma -\gamma$ and $n-\gamma$ coincidence measurements. The $J^{\pi }$ assignments for the levels at 4743, 4824, and 5315 keV result from angular distributions, directional correlation ratios, and excitation functions. The lifetime of the 5315 keV level was measured in a recoil distance experiment.