High spin states in stable nucleus ⁸⁴Sr

High spin states of ⁸⁴Sr were populated through the reaction ⁷⁰Zn(¹⁸O, 4n)⁸⁴Sr at 75 MeV beam energy. Measurement of excitation function, γ-γ coincidences, directional correlation from oriented state (DCO) ratios and γ-transition intensities were performed using eight anticompton HPGe detectors and one planar HPGe detector. Based on the measured results, a new level scheme of ⁸⁴Sr was established in which 12 new states and nearly 30 new γ-transitions were identified in the present work. The positive-parity states of the new level scheme were compared with the results from calculations in the framework of the projected shell model (PSM). One negative-parity band was extended to spin I ^π=19^- and it can be found that in the high spin states, the γ-transition energies show the nature of signature staggering. The negative-parity band levels are in good agreement with deformed configuration-mixing shell model (DCM) calculations.