CC BY 4.0Masiteng, P.L.P.L.MasitengPasternak, A.A.A.A.PasternakLawrie, E.A.E.A.LawrieShirinda, O.O.ShirindaLawrie, J.J.J.J.LawrieBark, R.A.R.A.BarkBvumbi, S.P.S.P.BvumbiKheswa, N.Y.N.Y.KheswaLindsay, R.R.LindsayLieder, Evgenia O.Evgenia O.LiederLieder, R.M.R.M.LiederMadiba, T.E.T.E.MadibaMullins, S.M.S.M.MullinsMurray, S.H.T.S.H.T.MurrayNdayishimye, J.J.NdayishimyeNtshangase, S.S.S.S.NtshangasePapka, P.P.PapkaSharpey-Schafer, J.F.J.F.Sharpey-Schafer2022-03-0517.8.20162016https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/24461210.1088/1742-6596/724/1/01202810.24406/publica-r-2446122-s2.0-84987664878When a left-handed and a right-handed nuclear system form in angular momentum space, a pair of nearly degenerate rotational bands is observed. To identify chiral symmetry most important is to establish near-degeneracy not only in excitation energies of the partner bands, but also in their intra-band and inter-band B(M1) and B(E2) transition probabilities. This needs dedicated lifetime measurements. Such measurements were performed for four bands of 194Tl. Two of these have very close near-degeneracy and form a prime candidate for best chiral pair. The lifetime measurements confirm the excellent near-degeneracy in this chiral pair.en530journal article