A supersymmetric extension of the interacting boson model (IBM) is constructed to describe high-spin anomalies in both even- and odd-mass spectra of the Hg, Pt region (190 ⩽ A ⩽ 200). Supergroup chains such as U ( 6 2j + 1 ) ⊃ Osp ( 6 2j + 1 ) ⊃ O (6) × Sp ( 6 2j + 1 )… U ( 6 2j + 1 ) ⊃ U ( 5 2j + 1 ) ⊃ Osp ( 5 2j + 1 )… incorporate a single j -shell fermion in addition to the usual “s” and “d” bosons ( L = 0 and L = 2). The orthosympletic supergroup reflects the strong pairing force in the subspace of the fermion intruder level. The model agrees favourably with experiment and microscopic calculation.
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