Heavy ion transfer reactions: Ongoing and future experiments performed with large acceptance magnetic spectrometers

The advent of the last generation large solid angle magnetic spectrometers, coupled to large gamma arrays, allowed to perform gamma-particle coincidences for nuclei moderately far from stability, especially in the neutron-rich region. Via transfer of multiple pairs valuable information on nucleon-nucleon correlations can also be derived, especially from measurements performed below the Coulomb barrier. There is growing interest in the study of the properties of the heavy binary partner, in the Pb and in the actinides regions, crucial also for astrophysics. (authors)