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Recent results on the structure of 47Ca will be presented. The nucleus of interest was populated via the cold-neutron capture 46Ca(n,γ) reaction, on a rare 46Ca target, during the EXILL experimental campaign at the nuclear reactor of Institut Laue- Langevin in Grenoble. High-resolution γ-ray spectroscopy, performed with a composite array of HPGe detectors, enabled the identification of new transitions deexciting states between the neutron-capture level and the ground state. Experimental data will be compared with a novel microscopic theoretical model, currently under development, specifically designed to describe the low-lying structure of odd-mass nuclei with one valence particle/hole outside a spherical doubly-magic core, using the Skyrme effective interaction self-consistently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The experimental setup GAMIPE used for gyromagnetic factor measurements at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro and a recent experimental work regarding K-isomers in 174W are described. Aim of the experiment is to study the detailed structure of the isomeric states wave functions, by the measurement of the magnetic dipole moments. This piece of information can provide interesting hints for theoretical models. Preliminary results concerning the population of the isomers of interest and half-lives are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The low-spin structure of one-proton, one-neutron 210Bi nucleus was investigated in cold-neutron capture reaction on 209Bi. Theγ -coincidence measurements were performed with use of EXILL array consisted of 16 HPGe detectors. The experimental results were compared to shell-model calculations involving valence particles excitations. The 210Bi nucleus offers the potential to test the effective proton-neutron interactions because most of the states should arise from the proton-neutron excitations. Additionally, it was discovered that a few states should come from the couplings of valence particles to the 3- octupole vibration in 208Pb which provides also the possibility of testing the calculations involving the core excitations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The deep inelastic reaction (DIC) 48Ca+64Ni, at an energy approximately 2.5 times above the Coulomb barrier, was studied using the CLARA-PRISMA setup at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro. Total cross sections and angular distributions, both energy integrated and associated to the population of selected excited states, are measured for the most intense reaction channels. The γ-decay of the most intense reaction products is also studied. The use of angular distributions and polarization measurements of γ transitions allows to firmly establish spin and parity of excited states. Both reaction and gamma spectroscopy studies demonstrate the relevance of DIC with heavy ions for the investigation of moderately neutron rich systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]