In this article, the Recoil Distance Doppler-Shift (RDDS) method which is extensively used in
nuclear structure physics to determine level lifetimes and absolute transition probabilities is …

Electron capture on nuclei plays an essential role in the dynamics of several astrophysical
objects, including core-collapse and thermonuclear supernovae, the crust of accreting …

We have developed a method for achieving excellent resolving power in in-flight particle
identification of radioactive isotope (RI) beams at the BigRIPS fragment separator at the …

Both one-proton and one-neutron knockout reactions were performed with fast beams of two
asymmetric, neutron-deficient rare isotopes produced by projectile fragmentation. The …

Abstract The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State
University (MSU) is a scientific user facility that offers beams of rare isotopes at a wide range …

A fundamental question in nuclear physics is what combinations of neutrons and protons
can make up a nucleus. Many hundreds of exotic neutron-rich isotopes have never been …

Mg 18 was observed, for the first time, by the invariant-mass reconstruction of O 14+ 4 p
events. The ground-state decay energy and width are ET= 4.865 (34) MeV and Γ= 115 (100) …

In-flight separators have played a significant role in the physics of exotic nuclei. In the last
decade, in particular, this field has expanded rapidly with the advent of the new-generation …

Abstract The Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) has been installed at the GANIL
facility, Caen-France. This set-up exploits the stable and radioactive heavy-ions beams …

The High Resolution Array (HiRA) is a large solid-angle array of silicon strip-detectors that
has been developed for use in a variety of nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics and …