Siciliano, M.Valiente-Dobon, J. J.Goasduff, A.Nowacki, F.Zuker, A. P.Bazzacco, D.Kuti, I2020-12-012020-12-0120200370-26931873-24450370-26931873-2445https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135474https://hdl.handle.net/11454/62161The 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.en10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135474info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLifetimeNuclear structureMulti-nucleon transferLight SnTracking arrayArticle806WOS:000571760900006Q1