Transient field $g$ factor measurement on radioactive $^{100}$Pd(2$^+_1$) via $\alpha$ transfer*

$^{100}$Pd has four proton holes in the $g_{9/2}$ and four neutrons in the $d_{5/2}$ orbitals around the $N$ = $Z$ =50 shell closures and is therefore a suitable candidate for studying single particle effects in the nuclear wave function. The $\alpha$ transfer from a carbon target to an energetic beam of $^{96}$Ru close to the Coulomb barrier has been used to populate the 2$^+_1$ state in radioactive $^{100}$Pd via the reaction $^{12}$C($^{96}$Ru,$^8$Be)$^{100}$Pd. $^{96}$Ru beams of 343 MeV were provided by the Yale WNSL accelerator. The two $\alpha$ particles from the breakup of $^8$Be and the carbon ions which Coulomb excited the Ru projectiles were detected in a Si detector in coincidence with the $\gamma$ rays recorded in four Ge Clover detectors. Angular correlations and precessions have been measured via the transient field technique. Preliminary data yield the first measurement of the $g$ factors of the 2$^+_1$ state in $^{100}$Pd and of the 4$^+_1$ state in $^{96}$Ru.