HEAVY-ION TRANSFER STUDIES USING DETECTOR ARRAYS

Two applications of heavy-ion induced transfer reactions are discussed here. The structure of the collective bands built upon two quasi-particle excitations excited in the Dy-161(Ni-61, Ni-62)Dy-160; Dy-161(Ni-61, Ni-60)Dy-162 reactions was explored using the EUROGAM array at the Daresbury Laboratory. The ability of transfer reactions to populate superdeformed states was investigated by attempting to detect the decay of fission isomers populated by the Pu-239(Sn-117, Sn-118)Pu-238 reaction, using a particle detector system within the Oak Ridge Spin Spectrometer.