# New directions with transfer reactions

## TL;DR

This paper reviews recent advancements in transfer reaction techniques, including inverse kinematics and new detector setups, highlighting their applications in studying exotic nuclei and single-particle states.

## Contribution

It introduces novel experimental methods and recent experimental results in transfer reactions, expanding their use with exotic beams and new detection technologies.

## Key findings

- Successful application of (d,p) reactions on fission fragment beams
- Use of ($^9$Be, $^8$Be) and ($^{13}$C, $^{12}$C) reactions in the $^{132}$Sn region
- Early data demonstrating new transfer reaction techniques

## Abstract

Over the last two decades transfer reactions have seen a resurgence following developments in methods to use them with exotic beams. An important step in this evolution was the ability to perform the (d,p) reaction on fission fragment beams using the inverse kinematics technique, built on the experience with light beams. There has been renewed interest in using ($^9$Be, $^8$Be) and ($^{13}$C, $^{12}$C) reactions to selectively populate single-particle like states that can be studied via their subsequent decay. These reactions have been successfully utilized in the $^{132}$Sn region. Additionally, our collaboration has recently performed experiments with GODDESS, a combination of the full ORRUBA detector and Gammasphere arrays. Another new direction is measuring neutrons from (d,n) reactions, performed in inverse kinematics, with the VANDLE array of plastic scintillators. Presented below is an overview of these new techniques and some of the early data from recent experiments.