Study of mufti-nucleon transfer reactions with light nuclei

Multi-nucleon transfer reactions are useful tools to populate exotic nuclei, particularly the neutron-rich ones. In this view, two different experiments have been performed employing a stable (Ne-22) and a radioactive (Ne-24) beam, both impinging on a Pb-208 target. The first reaction has been studied using the CLARA-PRISMA-DANTE set-up at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (Legnaro-Italy), while the second reaction was performed at Ganil (Caen-France) employing a SPIRAL radioactive beam of Ne-24. In this case recoils and coincident gamma rays were detected with the VAMOS-EXOGAM set-up. The data show that MNT reactions can selectively populate states of different nature and, therefore, are a good tool to study nuclear structure further away from stability.