In-beam spectroscopy of intermediate weight nuclei and Coulomb excitation of actinide nuclei

Studies of gamma-rays emitted in-beam either following the formation and subsequent decay of a compound nucleus or, at beam energies below the Coulomb barrier, following the Coulomb excitation of the target have, for the past decade, been primary sources of new information relating to the structure of the nucleus. We will discuss some well-known techniques in detail and report on some exciting new techniques which have been developed in recent years. Emphasis will be placed on showing how nuclear structure information can be extracted from such measurements, and how this information has, in the past decade, condensed to form a basis for understanding nuclear degrees of freedom over a broad range of nuclei. (author)