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Abstract
Excited states have been populated in ${}_{52}^{110}\text{Te}$ via the $^{58}\mathrm{Ni}$($^{58}\mathrm{Ni}$,$\ensuremath{\alpha}2p\ensuremath{\gamma}$) reaction at 250 MeV. The Gammasphere \ensuremath{\gamma}-ray spectrometer was augmented with ancillary detectors for charged-particle and neutron detection in order to provide clean channel selection. The known level scheme of $^{110}\mathrm{Te}$ has been greatly expanded with the addition of many new structures. Above spin ${8}^{+}$, negative-parity structures become yrast. The level scheme of $^{110}\mathrm{Te}$ below $30\ensuremath{\hbar}$ is discussed in this paper, including possible evidence for octupole correlations inferred from strong $B(E1)$ strengths.