Prospects for the study of exotic nuclei at Ganil

The many new results obtained at GANIL on nuclei far from stability in the recent years point to the interest and possibility of achieving spectroscopic studies for such unusual nuclear species. Their role in the r-process, the large probabilities that they exhibit for radioactive modes which are poorely known or even absent for nuclei closer to stability make this field of nuclear physics a natural ground for cooperation with astrophysics. The new developments planned at GANIL for the next two years should allow a further extension of these studies, typically by two more isotopes on the neutron-rich side. It is also worth noting that the development of radioactive beams and the use of GANIL for studying time-reversed reactions for the measure of cross sections of astrophysical interest present valuable possibilities which are only in their initial stage