Speaker
Rituparna Kanungo
(Saint Mary's University)
Description
Rare isotopes with their unexpected, hence exotic characteristics, have ushered a new era in nuclear science. This presentation will discuss recent direct reaction experiments that have unveiled new features in rare isotopes. Many of these isotopes play an important role in driving the heavy element synthesis in our universe. The reactions governing the nucleosynthesis are most often not directly accessible to measure in the laboratory. The presentation will show how direct reactions offer surrogate approach to constrain some of them. An outlook on future prospects will be discussed.
