A compact, quasi-4π position sensitive silicon array, TIARA, designed to study direct reactions induced by radioactive beams in inverse kinematics is described here. The Transfer and Inelastic All-angle Reaction Array (TIARA) consists of 8 resistive charge division detectors forming an octagonal barrel around the target and a set of double-sided silicon-strip annular detectors positioned at each end of the barrel. The detector was coupled to the γ-ray array EXOGAM and the spectrometer VAMOS at the GANIL Laboratory to demonstrate the potential of such an apparatus with radioactive beams. The reaction, well known in direct kinematics, has been carried out in inverse kinematics for that purpose. The observation of the ground state and excited states at 7.16 and 7.86 MeV is presented here as well as the comparison of the measured proton angular distributions with DWBA calculations. Transferred l-values are in very good agreement with both theoretical calculations and previous experimental results obtained in direct kinematics

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International audienceIn the framework of the SPIRAL2 project atGANIL, the Super-Separator-Spectrometer (S3) is dedicatedto experiments using the very high intensity stablebeams ([10 plA) delivered by the superconducting linearaccelerator up to 14.5 A.MeV. Specific target stations arerequired to sustain these unprecedented beam intensities. Aprototype target station for actinides was designed andmanufactured, which main characteristics are described inthis paper. In order to commission this system and checkthe behavior of target materials, preliminary tests with 7.7A.MeV 129Xe beams were performed at 100 pnA. Theresults of these tests are presented here

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