EVIDENCE FOR WEAK-COUPLING IN PM-145

States in Pm-145 were studied in the reaction Te-130(F-19,4n) at a beam energy of 75 MeV using techniques of in-beam gamma-ray and conversion electron spectroscopy. Measurements were made of gamma-gamma coincidences, gamma-ray angular distributions, conversion electrons, and excitation functions between 70 and 85 MeV. The reduced B(E3) transition strength for the 795 keV (11/2- --> 5/2g.s.+) transition was determined to be 7.8(18) Weisskopf units, supporting the interpretation of the 11/2- state as a h11/2 proton state. A negative-parity sequence built on the 11/2- state as well as eleven new states above the 1503 keV 15/2+ state were found. A weak coupling model can explain the structure of the deduced decay scheme up to an energy of 2.5 MeV.