The excited states in ¹⁹⁸Tl populated in the ¹⁹⁷Au(\alpha ,3n) reaction at a beam energy of 40 MeV were studied using two complementary experiments aimed at \gamma -ray spectroscopy at iThemba LABS, and at electron-\gamma spectroscopy at Orsay, respectively. The level scheme of ¹⁹⁸Tl was extended and a weak side band feeding into the yrast \pi h_9/2\otimes i_13/2 band was observed. The properties of these two bands are similar to these of the pairs of bands in the A=130 mass region initially interpreted as chiral doublets.

PACS numbers: 23.20.Lv, 27.80.+w, 29.30.Kv, 29.30.Dn