Multinucleon transfer reactions

Nuclear reactions induced by complex nuclei are studied. The description of the single neutron transfer is used to show some aspect of the theoretical treatment of transfer reactions and rules concerning the dependence of cross sections on quantum numbers of the initial and final channels are deduced. Strongly excited states of 20Ne, 19F, sup(16,17)0, 15N were studied experimentally by using different projectile-target combinations in the four-particle, eight-particle and ten-particle transfer reactions, leading to the some final nuclei. Obtained results are discussed. In addition, studies of the projectile break-up phenomenon were performed. The dissociation of 6Li and 7Li projectiles was investigated in reactions on Pb, Sn and Ni nuclei. These nuclei were chosen to allow measurements at one incident energy below, above and at the Coulomb barrier. The observed spectra indicate that the process proceeds primarily via the resonance level but the shape deviates from the shape which was calculated assuming isotropic decay of the excited 6Li in its center of mass system. The investigations of the elastic scattering turned out to be more fruitful and allowed to define better the Coulomb barrier for the 6Li-target system. (S.B.)