Euroball results on nuclei at high spin and far from stability Original Research Article

Large gamma detector arrays are an essential tool for modern spectroscopy of nuclei both in their high spin regime and far from the stability line. The Euroball spectrometer has been operating for almost six years at the heavy-ion accelerators of Legnaro and Strasbourg covering a broad physics program which led to advances in nuclear structure studies at high angular momentum and of very exotic nuclei. In this talk I will give an overview of the most recent results of Euroball including new types of collective motion at high spin and studies of exotic neutron-deficient nuclei along the N=Z line. I will also briefly mention the new scientific opportunities offered by the Euroball detectors coupled to the FRS, PRISMA and RITU spectrometers at GSI, Legnaro and Jyva¨skyla¨, respectively.