DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2001-10247-3
The structure and spectroscopy of neutron-rich nuclei
J.L. DurellDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK nsd@mags.ph.man.ac.uk
(Received: 21 March 2002 / Published online: 31 October 2002)
Abstract
Our knowledge of the structure and spectroscopy of neutron-rich
nuclei has greatly increased due to two important developments in nuclear
physics: the construction of large
-ray arrays
to investigate prompt
-rays from fission and deep-inelastic
reactions;
and the availability of radioactive nuclei from fragmentation and spallation
reactions. In this review examples will be given of
the advances that have been made in our understanding of the properties of
neutron-rich nuclei. The examples are necessarily selective, given the
limitations of space and time.
23.20.Lv - Gamma transitions and level energies.
© Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag 2002
