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Description
.Coulomb excitation is one of the rare methods available to obtain information on static electromagnetic moments of short-lived excited nuclear states, including collective non-yrast levels. In the scattering of two nuclei, the electromagnetic field that acts between them causes their excitation. The process selectively populates low-lying collective states and is therefore ideally suited to study nuclear collectivity and deformation. Historically, these experiments were limited to stable isotopes, however the advent of new facilities, providing intense beams of short-lived radioactive species, has opened the possibility to apply this powerful technique to a much wider range of nuclei.
I will present some recent examples of complex Coulomb excitation studies at ISOLDE and elsewhere that demonstrate how this method can be used to investigate phenomena such as shape coexistence and development of exotic deformation (superdeformed, triaxial or octupole shapes). Possible synergies with other European RIB facilities will also be discussed.
