Yrast structure of 206Bi: Isomeric states and one-proton-particle, three-neutron-hole excitations

New high-spin microsecond isomers, with Jπ=(31+) and Jπ=(28), have been identified in 206Bi at 10170 and 9233keV, respectively, using γ-ray coincidence spectroscopy following deep-inelastic reactions with the 76Ge+208Pb system. Yrast and near-yrast levels populated in the decay of these isomers have been located and interpreted with the help of shell-model calculations. The states identified at energies up to approximately 7 MeV can be described well in terms of one-proton-particle, three-neutron-hole couplings.