The AGATA and GRETINA/GRETA tracking spectrometers allow for the highest sensitivity γ γ-
ray spectroscopy achievable today. Central to these instruments is the task of tracking γ γ …

A review of recent advances in the study of the energy splitting between excited isobaric
analogue states is presented. Some of the experimental developments, and new …

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 lifetimes of the first excited 2+ states in the N= Z nuclei Zr 80, Y 78, and Sr 76 have been
measured using the γ-ray line shape method following population via nucleon-knockout …

Abstract In the Ge-Sr mass region, isotopes with neutron number N≤ 40 are known to
feature rapid shape changes with both nucleon number and angular momentum. To gain …

Enhanced octupole collectivity is expected in the neutron-deficient Ge, Se, and Kr isotopes
with neutron number N≈ 40 and has indeed been observed for Ge 70, 72. Shape …

Abstract A High Rigidity Spectrometer (HRS) has been designed for experiments at the
Facility for Rare-Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU). The HRS will …

A more detailed test of the implementation of nuclear forces that drive shell evolution in the
pivotal nucleus Si 42—going beyond earlier comparisons of excited-state energies—is …

Bound states of the neutron-deficient, near-dripline nucleus Ca 36 were populated in two-
neutron removal from the ground state of Ca 38, a direct reaction sensitive to the single …

The heavy-ion inelastic scattering of the neutron-rich nucleus 29 Ne to its excited states was
studied using a 100.1 MeV/u 29 Ne rare isotope beam on 181 Ta and 9 Be targets. The …