Multinucleon transfer reactions in the $^{40}$Ar + $^{208}$Pb system

International audience; We measured multinucleon transfer reactions in the $^{40}$Ar + $^{208}$Pb system at an energy close to the Coulomb barrier, by employing the PRISMA magnetic spectrometer. We extracted differential and total cross sections of the different transfer channels, with a careful investigation of the total kinetic energy loss distributions. Comparisons between different systems having the same Pb208 target and with projectiles going from neutron-poor to neutron-rich nuclei, i.e., $^{40}$Ca, $^{58}$Ni, and $^{40}$Ar, as well as between the data and GRAZING calculations have been carried out. The neutron-rich (stable) $^{40}$Ar beam allowed us to get access to the channels involving proton pickup, whose behavior in connection with the production of neutron-rich heavy partner has been outlined.