Speaker
Description
In this letter of intent, we propose four experiments for nuclear structure studies of neutron-rich isotopes in the vicinity of $Z=28$ via lifetime measurements. The production of the nuclei of interest was optimized to efficiently collect data for the proposed physics cases by multi-nucleon transfer reactions of a $^{208}$Pb beam impinging on an innovative $^{70}$Zn(80\%)/$^{64}$Ni(20\%) alloy target (in-beam test of the alloy scheduled in November 2022). The target-like products will be identified in the PRISMA spectrometer in coincidence with the de-excitation gamma-rays in the AGATA array. The lifetimes of the excited states in the isotopes of interest will be measured by the so-called Recoil-Distance Doppler-Shift Method with a differential plunger. The total amount of beam time requested with PIAVE+ALPI is 20 days (16 for lifetime measurements and 4 for gamma spectroscopy studies).
