The excited states in the ¹⁴⁹Nd nucleus up to an excitation energy of about 2 MeV were investigated by (d,p) and (d,t) reactions with good energy resolution. The reaction products were analysed in a magnetic spectrograph and detected with photographic emulsion. Triton spectra from the ¹⁵⁰Nd(d,t)¹⁴⁹Nd reaction were measured at thirteen reaction angles from 5^\circ to 125^\circ and the ¹⁴⁸Nd(d,p)¹⁴⁹Nd reaction was studied at three angles, 60^\circ , 90^\circ and 125^\circ , using beams of 12.1 MeV deuterons. The (d,t) angular distributions and ratios of (d,t) and (d,p) cross sections at selected angles were used to determine l values for a number of transitions. The reaction products were analysed with standard DWBA calculations and spectroscopic factors were deduced. The measured triton angular distributions are well described by the DWBA calculations and on these bases it was possible to give unambiguous assignments for a numbers of levels.

PACS numbers: 24.10.Fr, 24.50.+g, 25.50.Gx