Abstract
An alpha-particle and gamma-ray investigation of 215Fr was performed by means of the reaction 208Pb(11B, 4n). Gamma-ray angular distributions, gamma - gamma and alpha - gamma coincidences time centroid shifts and pulsed-beam isomeric decay rates were measured. Excited states were observed up to spins of about 47/2 and 3.5 MeV excitation energy. An interpretation of the results is given in terms of a particle-hole analysis based on the Woods-Saxon single-particle potential.