EPJ Special Topics (EPJ ST)

Editorial p. XIII

C. Signorini

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00249-9

⁷Be-induced α-transfer reaction on ¹²C p. 1

H. Amro, F. D. Becchetti, Yu Chen, H. Jiang, M. Ojaruega, M. J. Golobish, H. C. Griffin, J. J. Kolata, B. Skorodumov, G. Peaslee et al. (6 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00250-4

Study of the structure of neutron halo using neutron transfer reaction p. 5

G. Belovitsky, E. Konobeevski, A. Stepanov, V. Zavarzina, S. Zuyev, N. Polukhina, N. Starkov, S. Lukyanov and Yu. Sobolev

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00251-3

The search for ⁷H p. 9

M. Caamaño, D. Cortina-Gil, W. Mittig, H. Savajols, M. Chartier, C. E. Demonchy, B. Fernández, A. Gillibert, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, B. Jurado et al. (7 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00252-2

Exploring the ⁶He continuum sea through proton inelastic collisions p. 13

R. Crespo, A. M. Moro, I. J. Thompson, M. Rodríguez-Gallardo, J. Gómez-Camacho and J. M. Arias

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00253-1

Reaction mechanisms in collisions induced by halo and/or weakly bound radioactive nuclei around the barrier p. 15

A. Di Pietro

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00254-0

Isotope analysis in central heavy ion collisions at intermediate energies p. 21

NUCL-EX Collaboration: E. Geraci, U. Abbondanno, L. Bardelli, S. Barlini, M. Bini, M. Bruno, F. Cannata, G. Casini, M. Chiari, M. D'Agostino et al. (14 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00255-y

Properties of low-lying ⁹He state p. 23

M. S. Golovkov, L. V. Grigorenko, A. S. Fomichev, A. V. Gorshkov, V. A. Gorshkov, S. A. Krupko, Yu. Ts. Oganessian, A. M. Rodin, S. I. Sidorchuk, R. S. Slepnev et al. (11 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00256-x

Elastic scattering of ⁶He + ²⁷Al and ⁷Be + ⁵¹V at RIBRAS p. 27

R. Lichtenthäler, P. N. de Faria, A. Lépine-Szily, V. Guimarães, O. Camargo Jr., R. Denke, E. A. Benjamim, A. Barioni, K. C.C. Pires, D. J. Mendes et al. (4 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00257-9

Isovector deformation and its link to the neutron shell closure p. 31

D. T. Khoa

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00258-8

Measurements of fusion reactions induced by radioactive ¹³²Sn on ⁶⁴Ni p. 35

J. F. Liang, D. Shapira, C. J. Gross, R. L. Varner, H. Amro, J. R. Beene, J. D. Bierman, A. L. Caraley, A. Galindo-Uribarri, J. Gomez del Campo et al. (9 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00259-7

Elastic scattering for the system ¹¹Be + ²⁰⁹Bi at Coulomb barrier energies p. 37

M. Mazzocco, C. Signorini, M. Romoli, R. Bonetti, A. De Francesco, A. De Rosa, M. Di Pietro, L. Fortunato, T. Glodariu, A. Guglielmetti et al. (21 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00260-2

Unexpected transparency in the scattering of fragile ⁶Li and ⁶He Nuclei p. 41

F. Michel and S. Ohkubo

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00261-1

Reactions induced by 35 MeV ⁶He beam on ¹²C and ¹⁴C p. 43

M. Milin, A. Maggio, L. Acosta, M. A.G. Alvarez, C. Angulo, E. Casarejos, N. de Séréville, A. Di Pietro, P. Figuera, M. Fisichella et al. (12 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00262-0

Light radioactive nuclear beams at LNL p. 47

D. Pierroutsakou, B. Martin, T. Glodariu, M. Mazzocco, R. Bonetti, A. De Francesco, A. De Rosa, F. Farinon, A. Guglielmetti, G. Inglima et al. (7 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00263-y

Continuum effects: Structure and reactions of ⁶He p. 51

M. Rodríguez-Gallardo, J. M. Arias, J. Gómez-Camacho, R. C. Johnson, A. M. Moro, I. J. Thompson and J. A. Tostevin

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00264-x

Inverse kinematics resonance scattering on thick target with EXCYT beams p. 53

V. Scuderi, M. Zadro, A. Di Pietro, P. Figuera, M. Lattuada, F. Pansini, M. Papa, D. Vinciguerra, O. Yu. Goryunov, A. Khouaja et al. (3 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00265-9

Sub and near barrier fusion of neutron rich heavy nuclei – studies with radioactive ion beams p. 55

D. Shapira

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00266-8

Neutron excess nuclei of hydrogen and helium at ACCULINNA p. 61

G. M. Ter-Akopian, A. S. Fomichev, M. S. Golovkov, L. V. Grigorenko, S. A. Krupko, Yu. Ts. Oganessian, A. M. Rodin, S. I. Sidorchuk, R. S. Slepnev, S. V. Stepantsov et al. (8 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00267-7

Reaction spectroscopy at fragmentation beam energies – recent advances in studies of two-nucleon removal p. 67

J. A. Tostevin

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00268-6

Polarized proton target for RI Beam experiments p. 71

T. Uesaka, T. Wakui, S. Sakaguchi, T. Kawahara and H. Sakai

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00269-5

Measurements of elastic scattering for ⁷Be, ⁷Li + ⁹Be systems and fusion cross sections for ⁷Li + ⁹Be system p. 75

S. Verma, J. J. Das, A. Jhingan, K. Kalita, S. Barua, K. S. Golda, N. Madhavan, P. Sugathan, S. Nath, T. Varughese et al. (9 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00270-0

Nucleon transfer reactions with exotic beams at ATLAS p. 79

A. H. Wuosmaa, K. E. Rehm, J. P. Greene, D. J. Henderson, R. V.F. Janssens, C. L. Jiang, L. Jisonna, J. C. Lighthall, S. T. Marley, E. F. Moore et al. (12 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00271-y

In-beam γ spectroscopy using DIC with a radioactive Ne beam p. 83

G. Benzoni, F. Azaiez, S. Leoni, S. Battacharyya, R. Borcea, A. Bracco, L. Corradi, D. Curien, G. De France, Zs. Dombrádi et al. (17 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00272-x

Structure of ²³¹Ac: Measurements of level half-lives p. 87

R. Boutami, M. J.G. Borge, H. Mach, L. M. Fraile, K. Gulda, A. J. Aas, L. M. García-Raffi, E. Hagebø, W. Kurcewicz, G. Løvhøiden et al. (4 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00273-9

Spectroscopy of neutron-deficient nuclei around ³⁶Ca p. 89

A. Bürger, M. Stanoiu, F. Azaiez, Zs. Dombrádi, A. Algora, A. Al-Khatib, B. Bastin, G. Benzoni, R. Borcea, Ch. Bourgeois et al. (25 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00274-8

Shell-model structure of exotic nuclei beyond ¹³²Sn p. 93

A. Covello, L. Coraggio, A. Gargano and N. Itaco

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00275-7

Microscopic calculations for upper-fp,g_9/2 shell nuclei: Ge & Se p. 97

J. P. Draayer and K. P. Drumev

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00276-6

Study of N=20 shell gap with ¹H(²⁸Ne,^27,28Ne) reactions p. 99

Z. Elekes, Zs. Dombrádi, A. Saito, N. Aoi, H. Baba, K. Demichi, Zs. Fülöp, J. Gibelin, T. Gomi, H. Hasegawa et al. (27 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00277-5

Gamma spectroscopy of neutron-rich nuclei with the CLARA-PRISMA setup p. 103

E. Farnea on behalf of the CLARA-PRISMA Collaboration

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00278-4

Probing the pairing-phase transition with pair-transfer reactions in unstable nuclei p. 107

L. Fortunato, R. M. Clark, A. O. Macchiavelli and R. Krücken

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00279-3

Present and future experiments with stored exotic nuclei at the FRS-ESR facility p. 109

H. Geissel, Yu. A. Litvinov, K. Beckert, P. Beller, F. Bosch, D. Boutin, C. Brandau, L. Chen, M. Hausmann, O. Klepper et al. (18 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00280-x

Shape coexistence in ⁷⁴Kr and ⁷⁶Kr p. 117

A. Görgen, E. Clément, W. Korten, E. Bouchez, A. Chatillon, A. Hürstel, Y. Le Coz, Ch. Theisen, J. N. Wilson, M. Zielinska et al. (15 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00281-9

Collectivity in neutron-deficient Pb and Po nuclei p. 121

T. Grahn, A. Dewald, O. Möller, R. Julin, C. W. Beausang, S. Christen, I. G. Darby, S. Eeckhaudt, P. T. Greenlees, A. Görgen et al. (24 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00282-8

Resonant and weakly-bound one-particle levels in quadrupole-deformed potentials p. 123

I. Hamamoto

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00283-7

Coulomb excitation of neutron-rich ^138,140,142Xe at REX-ISOLDE p. 127

Th. Kröll, T. Behrens, R. Krücken, V. Bildstein, R. Gernhäuser, P. Maierbeck, I. Stefanescu, O. Ivanov, J. Van de Walle, N. Warr et al. (19 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00284-6

Identification of the ¹⁰⁹Xe and ¹⁰⁵Te α-decay chain p. 131

S. N. Liddick, R. Grzywacz, C. Mazzocchi, R. D. Page, K. P. Rykaczewski, J. C. Batchelder, C. R. Bingham, I. G. Darby, G. Drafta, C. Goodin et al. (13 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00285-5

Beta-delayed γ-ray studies of πf_7/2 - νpf shell nuclei p. 135

S. N. Liddick, P. F. Mantica, R. V.F. Janssens, B. A. Brown, M. P. Carpenter, A. D. Davies, M. Honma, M. Horoi, T. Mizusaki, A. C. Morton et al. (8 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00286-4

Multiple particle break-up study of low excited states in ⁹Be: The ghost peak in the ⁸Be excitation energy spectrum visited p. 137

M. Madurga, M. J.G. Borge, H. O.U. Fynbo, B. Jonson, G. Nyman, Y. Prezado, K. Riisager, O. Tengblad, IS-417 collaboration and TONERRE collaboration

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00287-3

Structure of nuclei far from the stability in relativistic approach p. 139

S. F. Ban, L. S. Geng, W. H. Long, J. Meng, J. Peng, J. M. Yao, S. Q. Zhang and S. G. Zhou

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00288-2

Nuclear magnetic moment of ⁵⁷Cu ground state p. 145

K. Minamisono, P. F. Mantica, T. J. Mertzimekis, A. D. Davies, M. Hass, J. Pereira, J. S. Pinter, W. F. Rogers, J. B. Stoker, B. E. Tomlin and R. R. Weerasiri

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00289-1

Recoil Beta Tagging: Application to the study of odd-odd near proton drip line nuclei, ⁷⁴Rb and ⁷⁸Y p. 147

B. S. Nara Singh, A. N. Steer, D. G. Jenkins, R. Wadsworth, P. J. Davies, R. Glover, N. S. Pattabiraman, T. Grahn, P. T. Greenlees, P. Jones et al. (16 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00290-8

The “island of inversion" from a nuclear moments perspective and the g factor of ³⁵Si p. 149

G. Neyens, P. Himpe, D. L. Balabanski, P. Morel, L. Perrot, M. De Rydt, I. Stefan, C. Stodel, J. C. Thomas, N. Vermeulen and D. T. Yordanov

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00291-7

Quantum Monte Carlo studies of bound and unbound states p. 155

K. M. Nollett

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00292-6

Study of N = 16 for Ne isotopes p. 161

A. Gillibert, A. Obertelli, N. Alamanos, M. Alvarez, F. Auger, R. Dayras, A. Drouart, G. de France, B. Jurado, N. Keeley et al. (13 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00293-5

Isomeric decay studies around ²⁰⁴Pt and ¹⁴⁸Tb p. 165

Zs. Podolyák, S. J. Steer, S. Pietri, E. Werner-Malento, P. H. Regan, D. Rudolph, A. B. Garnsworthy, R. Hoischen, M. Górska, J. Gerl et al. (53 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00294-4

¹⁸Ne diproton decay p. 169

E. Rapisarda, F. Amorini, L. Calabretta, G. Cardella, M. De Napoli, G. Raciti and C. Sfienti

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00295-3

Exciting isomers from the first stopped-beam RISING campaign p. 173

D. Rudolph, S. Pietri, Zs. Podolyák, P. H. Regan, A. B. Garnsworthy, R. Hoischen, S. J. Steer, F. Becker, P. Bednarczyk, L. Caceres et al. (52 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00296-2

Nuclear structure of neutron-rich nuclei near closed shells from excited-state g-factor measurements p. 177

A. E. Stuchbery and P. F. Mantica

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00297-1

Seeking the phase transition where Cd, Ag, Pd, Rh, and Ru isotopes become “neutron rich”: Isomeric decay in ^125,126,127Cd, ^123,124,125Ag, ¹²¹Pd, ¹²⁰Rh, and ¹¹⁷Ru p. 183

B. E. Tomlin, P. F. Mantica and W. B. Walters

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00298-0

Nuclear moments of neutron-rich aluminum isotopes p. 185

H. Ueno, D. Kameda, D. Nagae, M. Takemura, K. Asahi, K. Shimada, K. Takase, T. Sugimoto, T. Nagatomo, M. Uchida et al. (5 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00299-y

Structure of unstable nuclei in the sd-pf shell region by shell model with proper tensor force p. 187

Y. Utsuno, T. Otsuka, T. Mizusaki and M. Honma

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00300-y

Masses of atomic nuclei far from stability p. 189

J. Barea, A. Frank, J. G. Hirsch, P. Van Isacker and V. Velázquez

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00301-x

Exotic nuclear structure: Relativistic mean-field and beyond p. 193

D. Vretenar, T. Nikšić, N. Paar and P. Ring

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00302-9

Nuclear radius systematics of Kr isotopes studied via their interaction cross-sections at relativistic energies p. 197

T. Yamaguchi, T. Suzuki, T. Ohnishi, K. Sümmerer, F. Becker, M. Fukuda, H. Geissel, M. Hosoi, R. Janik, K. Kimura et al. (15 more)

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00303-8

Experimental nuclear astrophysics with radioactive ion beams p. 201

M. Aliotta

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00304-7

Mapping of the ¹²C* states via the ¹⁰B(³He,pααα) reaction p. 207

M. J.G. Borge, M. Alcorta, H. O.U. Fynbo, G. Garcia, H. B. Jeppesen, O. Kirsebom, M. Madurga, G. Nyman, D. Obradors and O. Tengblad

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00305-6

New low-energy measurement of the ¹⁸F(p,α)¹⁵O reaction p. 211

N. de Séréville, C. Angulo, A. Coc, N. L. Achouri, E. Casarejos, T. Davinson, P. Descouvemont, P. Figuera, S. Fox, F. Hammache et al. (9 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00306-5

Isoscalar and isovector nuclear matter properties and neutron skin thickness p. 215

H. Sagawa and S. Yoshida

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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00307-4

Future developments of INFN-LNL nuclear beam facilities p. 219

G. Bisoffi

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00308-3

Status of the energy-buncher in the low-energy branch of the Super-FRS p. 225

C. Brandau, D. Boutin, H. Geissel, J. Gerl, M. Górska, S. Manikonda, G. Münzenberg, Zs. Podolyák, C. Scheidenberger, H. Weick et al. (2 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00309-2

ISAC-I and ISAC-II: Present status and future perspectives p. 227

P. Bricault

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00310-9

Calculation of production and decay of radioisotopes for future irradiation experiments and ion beam facilities p. 233

M. Eller, S. Miksch, J. Lettry, T. Stora and R. Catherall

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00311-8

The Rare-Isotope-Beam facility at FAIR p. 235

H. Emling

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00312-7

Radioactive ion beam post-acceleration at ISAC p. 241

M. Marchetto, Z. T. Ang, K. Jayamanna, R. E. Laxdal, A. Mitra and V. Zvyagintsev

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00313-6

Commissioning of the EXCYT facility at INFN-LNS p. 243

D. Rifuggiato, G. Cuttone, L. Celona, F. Chines, L. Cosentino, E. Messina, M. Re, D. Rizzo, V. Scuderi, F. Tudisco et al. (7 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00314-5

Physics opportunities with the RI Beam Factory at RIKEN p. 249

H. Sakurai

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00315-4

A facility upgrade at Texas A&M University for accelerated radioactive beams p. 255

R. E. Tribble, F. Abegglen, G. Chubarian, H. L. Clark, G. Derrig, G. Kim, D. May, G. A. Souliotis and G. Tabacaru

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00316-3

Tokai Radioactive Ion Accelerator Complex (TRIAC) p. 259

Y. X. Watanabe, S. Arai, Y. Arakaki, Y. Fuchi, Y. Hirayama, N. Imai, H. Ishiyama, S. C. Jeong, H. Kawakami, H. Miyatake et al. (27 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00317-2

The status of the Super-FRS at FAIR p. 263

M. Winkler, B. Achenbach, K.-H. Behr, M. Berz, D. Boutin, C. Brandau, H. Emling, H. Geissel, H. Iwase, C. Karagiannis et al. (20 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00318-1

Efficient and fast thermalization of Rare Isotope Beam from projectile fragmentation - The cyclotron gas stopper project at the NSCL p. 265

G. Bollen, S. Chouhan, C. Guénaut, F. Marti, D. J. Morrissey, D. Lawton, J. Ottarson, G. Pang, S. Schwarz, B. M. Sherrill et al. (2 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00319-0

RIBs in-flight production at the Laboratori Nazionali del Sud p. 269

E. Rapisarda, G. Raciti, C. Sfienti, F. Amorini, L. Calabretta, G. Cardella and M. De Napoli

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00320-7

The SPES direct UCx target p. 273

A. Andrighetto, C. Antonucci, M. Barbui, S. Carturan, F. Cervellera, S. Cevolani, M. Cinausero, P. Colombo, A. Dainelli, P. Di Bernardo et al. (10 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00321-6

Release time calculations for the SPES direct UCx target p. 275

M. Barbui, A. Andrighetto, C. Antonucci, S. Carturan, F. Cervellera, S. Cevolani, M. Cinausero, P. Colombo, A. Dainelli, P. Di Bernardo et al. (11 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00322-5

Purification of a Zn radioactive ion beam by alkali suppression in a quartz line target prototype p. 277

E. Bouquerel, R. Catherall, M. Eller, J. Lettry, S. Marzari, T. Stora and ISOLDE Collaboration

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00323-4

Thermal treatments and characterizations of pellets for SPES direct target p. 281

M. Tonezzer, S. Carturan, L. Piga, P. Colombo, P. Di Bernardo, P. Zanonato, A. Andrighetto, C. Antonucci, M. Barbui, F. Cervellera et al. (10 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00324-3

LIST developments at IGISOL p. 283

P. Karvonen, T. Sonoda, I. D. Moore, J. Billowes, A. Jokinen, T. Kessler, H. Penttilä, A. Popov, B. Tordoff and J. Äystö

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00325-2

(Im-)possible ISOL beams p. 285

U. Köster, P. Carbonez, A. Dorsival, J. Dvorak, R. Eichler, S. Fernandes, H. Frånberg, J. Neuhausen, Z. Novackova, R. Wilfinger and A. Yakushev

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00326-1

ISOL beams of hafnium isotopes and isomers p. 293

U. Köster, O. Arndt, R. Catherall, J. G. Correia, B. Crepieux, R. Eichler, P. Fernier, L. M. Fraile, S. Hennrich, K. Johnston et al. (5 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00327-0

Recent developments and on-line tests of uranium carbide targets for production of nuclides far from stability p. 297

V. N. Panteleev, O. Alyakrinskiy, A. Andrighetto, A. E. Barzakh, M. Dubois, C. Eleon, S. Essabaa, O. Bajeat, D. V. Fedorov, G. Gaubert et al. (18 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00328-y

Target-ion source unit ionization efficiency measurement by a method of stable ion beam implantation p. 301

V. N. Panteleev, A. E. Barzakh, D. V. Fedorov, P. L. Molkanov, F. V. Moroz, S. Yu. Orlov and Yu. M. Volkov

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00329-x

Target ion source and charge exchange cell development for the EXCYT facility p. 303

M. Re, G. Cuttone, L. Celona, F. Chines, E. Messina, D. Rizzo, F. Tudisco and V. Scuderi

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00330-5

On-line production of neutron rich isotopes from uranium carbide targets p. 307

V. Rizzi, A. L. Lanchais and G. Lehrsonneau

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00331-4

Production of heavy neutron-rich nuclei “south" of lead p. 309

J. Benlliure, T. Kurtukian-Nieto, L. Audouin, B. Blank, F. Becker, E. Casarejos, D. Cortina, M. Fernández-Ordóñez, J. Giovinazzo, D. Henzlova et al. (5 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00332-3

Improvements of INCL4 in view of more reliable predictions for RIB facilities p. 311

A. Boudard, Th. Aoust, J. Cugnon, J. C. David, S. Lemaire, S. Leray and Y. Yariv

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00333-2

Target effect on fragmentation reaction at E = 290A MeV p. 315

S. Momota, M. Kanazawa, A. Kitagawa, S. Sato and Y. Nojiri

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00334-1

Independent fission yields with JYFLTRAP p. 317

H. Penttilä, J. Äystö, V.-V. Elomaa, T. Eronen, D. Gorelov, U. Hager, J. Hakala, A. Jokinen, A. Kankainen, P. Karvonen et al. (6 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00335-0

Experimental details of the Stopped Beam RISING campaign p. 319

S. Pietri, P. H. Rega, Zs. Podolyák, A. Jungclaus, M. Pfützner, D. Rudolph, A. B. Garnsworthy, S. J. Steer, R. Hoischen, M. Górska et al. (18 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00336-y

Secondary-beam production: Protons versus heavy ions p. 321

M. V. Ricciardi, S. Lukić, A. Kelić, K.-H. Schmidt and M. Veselsky

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00337-x

Neutron-rich rare isotope production below the Fermi energy and its application to the Texas A&M RIB upgrade p. 325

G. A. Souliotis, A. L. Keksis, B. C. Stein, M. Veselsky, M. Jandel, D. V. Shetty, S. N. Soisson, S. Wuenschel and S. J. Yennello

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00338-9

Direct mass measurements around A = 146 at SHIPTRAP p. 329

C. Rauth, D. Ackermann, G. Audi, M. Block, A. Chaudhuri, S. Eliseev, F. Herfurth, F. P. Heßberger, S. Hofmann, H.-J. Kluge et al. (11 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00339-8

Penning trap mass measurements of rare isotopes produced by projectile fragmentation with LEBIT at NSCL p. 337

G. Bollen, C. Bachelet, M. Block, D. A. Davies, M. Facina, C. M. Folden III, C. Guénaut, J. Huikari, E. Kwan, A. Kwiatowski et al. (9 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00340-3

Commissioning of the MAGNEX large-acceptance spectrometer p. 343

A. Cunsolo, F. Cappuzzello, M. Cavallaro, A. Foti, A. Khouaja, S. E.A. Orrigo, J. S. Winfield, L. Gasparini, G. Longo, T. Borello-Lewin et al. (4 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00341-2

Development of a Fourier-Transform Ion-Cyclotron-Resonance detection for short-lived radionuclides at SHIPTRAP p. 347

R. Ferrer, K. Blaum, M. Block, F. Herfurth, J. Ketelaer, Sz. Nagy, D. Neidherr and C. Weber

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00342-1

Precision mass measurements of radioactive nuclei at JYFLTRAP p. 349

S. Rahaman, V.-V. Elomaa, T. Eronen, U. Hager, J. Hakala, A. Jokinen, A. Kankainen, I. D. Moore, H. Penttilä, S. Rinta-Antila et al. (5 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00343-0

Gamma spectroscopy with RIBs from RISING to AGATA p. 353

J. Gerl

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00344-y

Feasibility studies of the EXL setup for FAIR using the GSI storage ring ESR p. 357

S. Ilieva, O. Kiselev, H. Emling, P. Egelhof, K. Boretzky, J. P. Meier, H. Simon, K. Mahata, T. Le Bleis, A. Chatillon et al. (18 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00345-x

The heavy-ion magnetic spectrometer PRISMA p. 359

P. Mason, N. Marginean, G. Montagnoli, S. Beghini, F. Scarlassara, E. Farnea, C. A. Ur, A. Meroni, A. M. Stefanini, L. Corradi et al. (19 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00346-9

Extension of the Monte-Carlo code MOCADI to fusion-evaporation reactions p. 363

M. Mazzocco, D. Ackermann, M. Block, H. Geissel, F. P. Heßberger, S. Hofmann, N. Iwasa, K. Nishio, W. R. Plaß, C. Scheidenberger et al. (2 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00347-8

Extraction of thermalized projectile fragments from gas p. 365

D. J. Morrissey

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00348-7

An RF quadrupole–time-of-flight system for isobar-separation and multiplexed low-energy Rare-Isotope Beam experiments p. 367

W. R. Plaß, T. Dickel, M. Petrick, D. Boutin, Z. Di, T. Fleckenstein, H. Geissel, C. Jesch, C. Scheidenberger and Z. Wang

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00349-6

FAZIA: Prototyping a next-generation 4π array for nuclear reaction-dynamics studies p. 369

G. Poggi

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00350-1

Proton induced thermal stress-wave measurements using a Laser Doppler Vibrometer p. 373

R. Wilfinger, J. Lettry, A. Fabich, H. Aiginger, K. Poljanc, R. Catherall and M. Eller

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00351-0

Feasibility of high power refractory metal-foil targets for EURISOL p. 379

R. Wilfinger, J. Lettry and the EURISOL Task 3 Workgroup

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00352-y

Exploring the reactor heat problem: Study of the beta decay of ^104,105Tc using the TAS technique p. 383

A. Algora, J. L. Taín, A. B. Perez, B. Rubio, J. Agramunt, L. Caballero, E. Nácher, A. Krasznahorkay, M. D. Hunyadi, J. Gulyás et al. (20 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00353-x

Search for tensor couplings in the weak interaction p. 385

A. Méry, G. Ban, J. Blieck, D. Durand, F. Duval, X. Fléchard, M. Herbane, M. Labalme, Y. Lemière, E. Liénard et al. (4 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00354-9

Francium sources and traps for fundamental interaction studies p. 389

G. Stancari, S. N. Atutov, R. Calabrese, L. Corradi, A. Dainelli, C. de Mauro, A. Khanbekyan, E. Mariotti, P. Minguzzi, L. Moi et al. (3 more)

Published online: 08 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00355-8

EPJ

The European Physical Journal Special Topics

Volume 150 (November 2007)

Radioactive Nuclear Beams

Editorial p. XIII

7Be-induced α-transfer reaction on 12C p. 1

Study of the structure of neutron halo using neutron transfer reaction p. 5

The search for 7H p. 9

Exploring the 6He continuum sea through proton inelastic collisions p. 13

Reaction mechanisms in collisions induced by halo and/or weakly bound radioactive nuclei around the barrier p. 15

Isotope analysis in central heavy ion collisions at intermediate energies p. 21

Properties of low-lying 9He state p. 23

Elastic scattering of 6He + 27Al and 7Be + 51V at RIBRAS p. 27

Isovector deformation and its link to the neutron shell closure p. 31

Measurements of fusion reactions induced by radioactive 132Sn on 64Ni p. 35

Elastic scattering for the system 11Be + 209Bi at Coulomb barrier energies p. 37

Unexpected transparency in the scattering of fragile 6Li and 6He Nuclei p. 41

Reactions induced by 35 MeV 6He beam on 12C and 14C p. 43

Light radioactive nuclear beams at LNL p. 47

Continuum effects: Structure and reactions of 6He p. 51

Inverse kinematics resonance scattering on thick target with EXCYT beams p. 53

Sub and near barrier fusion of neutron rich heavy nuclei – studies with radioactive ion beams p. 55

Neutron excess nuclei of hydrogen and helium at ACCULINNA p. 61

Reaction spectroscopy at fragmentation beam energies – recent advances in studies of two-nucleon removal p. 67

Polarized proton target for RI Beam experiments p. 71

Measurements of elastic scattering for 7Be, 7Li + 9Be systems and fusion cross sections for 7Li + 9Be system p. 75

Nucleon transfer reactions with exotic beams at ATLAS p. 79

In-beam γ spectroscopy using DIC with a radioactive Ne beam p. 83

Structure of 231Ac: Measurements of level half-lives p. 87

Spectroscopy of neutron-deficient nuclei around 36Ca p. 89

Shell-model structure of exotic nuclei beyond 132Sn p. 93

Microscopic calculations for upper-fp,g9/2 shell nuclei: Ge & Se p. 97

Study of N=20 shell gap with 1H(28Ne,27,28Ne) reactions p. 99

Gamma spectroscopy of neutron-rich nuclei with the CLARA-PRISMA setup p. 103

Probing the pairing-phase transition with pair-transfer reactions in unstable nuclei p. 107

Present and future experiments with stored exotic nuclei at the FRS-ESR facility p. 109

Shape coexistence in 74Kr and 76Kr p. 117

Collectivity in neutron-deficient Pb and Po nuclei p. 121

Resonant and weakly-bound one-particle levels in quadrupole-deformed potentials p. 123

Coulomb excitation of neutron-rich 138,140,142Xe at REX-ISOLDE p. 127

Identification of the 109Xe and 105Te α-decay chain p. 131

Beta-delayed γ-ray studies of πf7/2 - νpf shell nuclei p. 135

Multiple particle break-up study of low excited states in 9Be: The ghost peak in the 8Be excitation energy spectrum visited p. 137

Structure of nuclei far from the stability in relativistic approach p. 139

Nuclear magnetic moment of 57Cu ground state p. 145

Recoil Beta Tagging: Application to the study of odd-odd near proton drip line nuclei, 74Rb and 78Y p. 147

The “island of inversion" from a nuclear moments perspective and the g factor of 35Si p. 149

Quantum Monte Carlo studies of bound and unbound states p. 155

Study of N = 16 for Ne isotopes p. 161

Isomeric decay studies around 204Pt and 148Tb p. 165

18Ne diproton decay p. 169

Exciting isomers from the first stopped-beam RISING campaign p. 173

Nuclear structure of neutron-rich nuclei near closed shells from excited-state g-factor measurements p. 177

Seeking the phase transition where Cd, Ag, Pd, Rh, and Ru isotopes become “neutron rich”: Isomeric decay in 125,126,127Cd, 123,124,125Ag, 121Pd, 120Rh, and 117Ru p. 183

Nuclear moments of neutron-rich aluminum isotopes p. 185

Structure of unstable nuclei in the sd-pf shell region by shell model with proper tensor force p. 187

Masses of atomic nuclei far from stability p. 189

Exotic nuclear structure: Relativistic mean-field and beyond p. 193

Nuclear radius systematics of Kr isotopes studied via their interaction cross-sections at relativistic energies p. 197

Experimental nuclear astrophysics with radioactive ion beams p. 201

Mapping of the 12C* states via the 10B(3He,pααα) reaction p. 207

New low-energy measurement of the 18F(p,α)15O reaction p. 211

Isoscalar and isovector nuclear matter properties and neutron skin thickness p. 215

Future developments of INFN-LNL nuclear beam facilities p. 219

Status of the energy-buncher in the low-energy branch of the Super-FRS p. 225

ISAC-I and ISAC-II: Present status and future perspectives p. 227

Calculation of production and decay of radioisotopes for future irradiation experiments and ion beam facilities p. 233

The Rare-Isotope-Beam facility at FAIR p. 235

Radioactive ion beam post-acceleration at ISAC p. 241

Commissioning of the EXCYT facility at INFN-LNS p. 243

Physics opportunities with the RI Beam Factory at RIKEN p. 249

A facility upgrade at Texas A&M University for accelerated radioactive beams p. 255

Tokai Radioactive Ion Accelerator Complex (TRIAC) p. 259

The status of the Super-FRS at FAIR p. 263

Efficient and fast thermalization of Rare Isotope Beam from projectile fragmentation - The cyclotron gas stopper project at the NSCL p. 265

RIBs in-flight production at the Laboratori Nazionali del Sud p. 269

The SPES direct UCx target p. 273

Release time calculations for the SPES direct UCx target p. 275

Purification of a Zn radioactive ion beam by alkali suppression in a quartz line target prototype p. 277

Thermal treatments and characterizations of pellets for SPES direct target p. 281

⁷Be-induced α-transfer reaction on ¹²C p. 1

The search for ⁷H p. 9

Exploring the ⁶He continuum sea through proton inelastic collisions p. 13

Properties of low-lying ⁹He state p. 23

Elastic scattering of ⁶He + ²⁷Al and ⁷Be + ⁵¹V at RIBRAS p. 27

Measurements of fusion reactions induced by radioactive ¹³²Sn on ⁶⁴Ni p. 35

Elastic scattering for the system ¹¹Be + ²⁰⁹Bi at Coulomb barrier energies p. 37

Unexpected transparency in the scattering of fragile ⁶Li and ⁶He Nuclei p. 41

Reactions induced by 35 MeV ⁶He beam on ¹²C and ¹⁴C p. 43

Continuum effects: Structure and reactions of ⁶He p. 51

Measurements of elastic scattering for ⁷Be, ⁷Li + ⁹Be systems and fusion cross sections for ⁷Li + ⁹Be system p. 75

Structure of ²³¹Ac: Measurements of level half-lives p. 87

Spectroscopy of neutron-deficient nuclei around ³⁶Ca p. 89

Shell-model structure of exotic nuclei beyond ¹³²Sn p. 93

Microscopic calculations for upper-fp,g_9/2 shell nuclei: Ge & Se p. 97

Study of N=20 shell gap with ¹H(²⁸Ne,^27,28Ne) reactions p. 99

Shape coexistence in ⁷⁴Kr and ⁷⁶Kr p. 117

Coulomb excitation of neutron-rich ^138,140,142Xe at REX-ISOLDE p. 127

Identification of the ¹⁰⁹Xe and ¹⁰⁵Te α-decay chain p. 131

Beta-delayed γ-ray studies of πf_7/2 - νpf shell nuclei p. 135

Multiple particle break-up study of low excited states in ⁹Be: The ghost peak in the ⁸Be excitation energy spectrum visited p. 137

Nuclear magnetic moment of ⁵⁷Cu ground state p. 145

Recoil Beta Tagging: Application to the study of odd-odd near proton drip line nuclei, ⁷⁴Rb and ⁷⁸Y p. 147

The “island of inversion" from a nuclear moments perspective and the g factor of ³⁵Si p. 149

Isomeric decay studies around ²⁰⁴Pt and ¹⁴⁸Tb p. 165

¹⁸Ne diproton decay p. 169

Seeking the phase transition where Cd, Ag, Pd, Rh, and Ru isotopes become “neutron rich”: Isomeric decay in ^125,126,127Cd, ^123,124,125Ag, ¹²¹Pd, ¹²⁰Rh, and ¹¹⁷Ru p. 183

Mapping of the ¹²C* states via the ¹⁰B(³He,pααα) reaction p. 207

New low-energy measurement of the ¹⁸F(p,α)¹⁵O reaction p. 211

Exploring the reactor heat problem: Study of the beta decay of ^104,105Tc using the TAS technique p. 383