Nuclear structure of light nuclei using the selectivity of high energy transfer reactions with heavy ions

Interference effects between direct and sequential processes in the (18O,16O) reaction

“…Transfer reactions have been widely used for the exploration of the nuclear structure, thanks to their strong selectivity in selecting specific degrees of freedom of the nuclear system [1][2][3]. One can mention for example the well established connection between one-nucleon transfer cross sections and single-particle configurations of the nuclear states.…”

New structures in the continuum of light nuclei populated by two-neutron transfer reactions

“…Among these, heavy-ion direct transfer reactions at bombarding energies not much above the Coulomb barrier, have proven to be valuable tools for getting precise spectroscopic information [2] [3]. In this context, the right framework in which the reactions should be treated is a fully quantum-mechanical approach, such as Distorted Wave Born Approximation (DWBA) or Coupled Reaction Channel (CRC) methods [4], with the inclusion of the nuclear recoil.…”

One-nucleon transfer reactions in the12C+12C system at 344.5 MeV

“…One-nucleon transfer reactions with heavy ions at the energies as low as a few MeV/nucleon are a well established tool of nuclear spectroscopy [1]. The extension of such studies to the region of higher energies provides new information not achievable at low energy because the dynamic selectivity of the reaction influences in an energy dependent way the relative probability of transitions to different final states [2][3][4][5].…”