Siciliano, M.Valiente-Dobon, J. J.Goasduff, A.Nowacki, F.Zuker, A. P.Bazzacco, D.Lopez-Martens, A.2024-11-072024-11-0720200370-26931873-2445https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135474https://hdl.handle.net/11480/16582The lifetimes of the low-lying excited states 2(+) and 4(+) have been directly measured in the neutron-deficient Sn-106,Sn-108 isotopes. The nuclei were populated via a deep-inelastic reaction and the lifetime measurement was performed employing a differential plunger device. The emitted gamma rays were detected by the AGATA array, while the reaction products were uniquely identified by the VAMOS++ magnetic spectrometer. Large-Scale Shell-Model calculations with realistic forces indicate that, independently of the pairing content of the interaction, the quadrupole force is dominant in the B(E2; 2(1)(+) -> 0(g.s)(+)) values and it describes well the experimental pattern for Sn104-114 ; the B(E2;(+)(4) -> 2(1)(+)) values, measured here for the first time, depend critically on a delicate pairing-quadrupole balance, disclosed by the very precise results in Sn-108. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLifetimeNuclear structureMulti-nucleon transferLight SnTracking arrayArticle80610.1016/j.physletb.2020.1354742-s2.0-85084808752Q1WOS:000571760900006Q1