Isotopic Identification in Chimera Detector: Recent Results and Perspectives

Isotopic identification of nuclear products in heavy-ion physics with stable and exotic beams (RIB) is of crucial importance for understanding the behaviour of nuclear matter far away from normal density. This is true for both nuclear structure and nuclear reaction studies. The recent upgrading of the 4pi CHIMERA detector by pulse shape methods in silicon detectors in connection with the time of flight (TOF) and the energy loss (DE-E) methods allows for light charged particles and light fragments (Z < 10) identification in a broad kinetic energy range from the Coulomb barrier up to tens of MeV/nucleons. After a brief discussion of the experimental methodology used in the detector to identify the particles some relevant applications in the field of nuclear reaction studies with stable and exotic beams.