Nuclear spectroscopy of 60Ni

High-spin states in ⁶⁰⁶⁰Ni were populated using the ²⁸Si(³⁶Ar,4p) reaction with a beam energy of 136 MeV. GAMMASPHERE was used in conjunction with MICROBALL to detect γ rays in coincidence with various combinations of detected protons and alphas. A total of 2 billion events was recorded, with the 4p channel to ⁶⁰Ni representing approximately 11 % of the data. In our analysis, the previously known level scheme[1] has been extended up to energy and spin of 20 MeV and 19 ħ. The levels up to/ = 10 is well explained by shell-model calculations including the g_9/2 single-particle orbital in the f p-shell configuration space. At higher spins, evidence for rotational-like behavior appears. Two apparently rotational structures have large M1 values and are perhaps shears bands, likely involving one g_9/2 particle. Comparison to calculations will be given.