CONTENTS -- Foreword -- List of committees -- Programme -- Section I NUCLEAR STRUCTURE -- In-beam spectroscopy of exotic nuclei using direct reactions S. Shimoura -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nuclear Responses in Unstable Nuclei -- 3. Proton Single Particle States in Neutron-Rich Nuclei -- 4. summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Structure of exotic nuclei around closed shells A. Covello, L. Coraggio, A. Gargano and N. Itaco -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Outline of theoretical framework -- 3. Results -- 3.1. 100Sn region -- 3.2. 132Sn region -- 4. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Shell structure and correlation studied by large-scale shell-model calculations Y. Utsuno, T. Otsuka, M. Honma, T. Mizusaki and N. Shimizu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Present status of large-scale shell-model calculations -- 3. Applications -- 3.1. Exotic nuclei around N = 20 -- 3.1.1. Onset of intruder ground state in exotic Nu isotopes -- 3.1.2. Stability of the deformation in exotic Mg isotopes -- 3.2. Sgstematic description of p f -shell nuclei -- 3.3. Medium-heavy nuclei around 132Sn -- 4. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Study of superheavy elements at RIKEN: Experiments on the synthesis of element 113 in the reaction 209Bi (70Zn, n)278 113 K. Morita -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental procedure -- 3. Results and discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Dynamical symmetries from isospin to X(5): Past and future researches at the GASP array P. G. Biueti -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Isospin symmetry -- 3. Phase transitions and the X(5) symmetry -- 4. Phase transitions in the octupole mode -- References -- Reaction mechanisms for structure studies of halo and weakly bound nuclei A. Bonaccorso -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Breakup Optical Potential Theory -- 2.1. Nuclear breakup -- 2.2. Coulomb breakup.

2.3. Extraction of the imaginary potential -- 3. Elastic Scattering Results -- 4. Projectile Fragmentation Model -- 5. Application to 13Be -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Fusion reaction of deformed nuclei and effect of closed shell structure H. Ikezoe, S. Mitsouka, K, Nishio, K. Tsuruta, K. Satou, S. C. Jeong and C. J. Lin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Procedure and Discussions -- 2.1. Eflect of Deformation -- 2.2. Eflect of Shell Stwcture -- 3. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Influence of chaos on the fusion enhancement by electron screening S. Kirnura and A. Bonasera -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Formalism -- 2.1. Enhancement Factor -- 2.2. Constrained Molecular Dynamics -- 3. Application to the Electron Screening Problem -- 4. Summary -- References -- The magnetic spectrometer PRISMA at LNL E. Fioretto, L. Corradi, A. M. Stefanini, S. Szilner, B. R. Behera, G. De Angelis, A. Gadea, A. Latina, G. Maron, D. R. Napoli, A. Pisent, Y. W. Wu, S. Beghini, G. Montagnoli, F. Scarlassara, M. Trotta, A. De Rosa, G. Inglirna, M. La Commara, D.Pierroutsakou, M. Rornoli, M. Sandoli and G. Pollarolo -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The PRISMA setup -- 2.1. Spectrometer -- 2.2. Entrance Detector -- 2.3. Focal Plane Detector -- 3. In-beam tests and first experiments -- 4. Next developments -- 5. Summary -- References -- Description and first results of the CLARA-PRISMA setup A. Gadea, N. Marginean, G. De Angelis, D. R. Napoli, L. Corradi, E. Fioretto, A. M. Stefanini, J. J. Valiente-Dobdn, S. Szilner, L. Berti, P. Cocconi, D. Rosso, N. Toniolo, M. Axiotis, B. R. Behera, A. Latina, I. V. Pokrovskiy, C. Rum, W. Zhirnin, E. Farnea, S. M. Lenzi, C. A. Ur, R. Isocrate, D. Bauacco, S. Beghini, S. Lunardi, G. Montagnoli, R. Menegazzo, F. Scarlassara, F. Della Vedova, M. Nespolo, R. Marginean, A. Bracco, F. Camera, S. -- 1. Introduction.

2. Description of the CLARA-PRISMA setup -- 3. Experimental activity -- 3.1. The N-50 shell closure in the vicinity of 78Ni -- 3.2. The onset of deformation in neutron rich A=60 nuclei -- 4. Conclusions -- 5. Acknowledgments -- References -- Construction of polarized proton target and first experiment with 6He H. Sakai, M. Hatano, H. Iwasaki, H. Kuboki, T. K. Onischi, T. Saito, M. Sasano, K. Yako, T. Wakui, T. Uesaka, T. Kawabata, K. Suda, N. Aoi, N. Sakarnoto, K. Sekiguchi, Y. Yanagisawa, T. Ikeda, K. Itoh and A. Tamii -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Construction of PSPT -- 3. Polarization Measurement -- 4. Analysis and Discussion -- 5. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The gamma decay of the giant dipole resonance at finite temperature: Probing shapes at very high spins A. Bracco and A. Maj -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Search for the Jacobi shape transition in the hot 46Ti -- 3. Probing the nuclear shape around the fission limit in 216Rn -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Evolution of the prompt dipole y-ray emission with incident energy in fusion reactions D. Pierroutsakou, B. Martin, G. Inglirna, A. Boiano, A. De Rosa, M. Di Pietro, M. La Cornrnara, R. Mordente, M. Rornoli, M. Sandoli, M. Trotta, E. Vardaci, T. Glodariu, M. Mauocco, C. Signorini, L. Stroe, C. Agodi, R. Alba, M. Colonna, R. Coniglione, A. Del Zoppo, M. Di Toro, C. Maiolino, N. Pellegriti, P. Piattelli, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, G. Cardella, E. De Filippo, A. Pagano, S. Pirrone and V. Baran -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENT -- 2.1. 32,36S + 100, 96Mo -- 2.2. 36, 40A + 96,92Zr -- 3. DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS -- 3.1. 32,36S + 100, 96Mo -- 3.2. 36, 40A + 96,92Z -- 4. DISCUSSION -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Selection rules on K-quantum number in warm rotating nuclei G. Benzoni -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental details and data analysis.

3. The simulation -- 4. Results and discussion -- 4.1. Number of paths -- 4.2. Covariance -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section II NUCLEAR DYNAMICS AND HOT NUCLEI -- Low-energy nuclear reactions with unstable beams C. H. Dasso and A. Vitturi -- References -- Reaction mechanisms of weakly bound and exotic nuclei at near- bamer energies D. Pierroutsakou, A. De Rosa, M. Di Pietro, G. Inglima, M. La Commara, B. Martin, M. Romoli, M. Sandoli, E. Vardaci, T. Glodariu, M. Mauocco, C. Signorini, F. Soramel, R. Bonetti, A. Guglielmetti and L. Stroe -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. REACTION MECHANISMS AT THE BARRIER -- 2.1. Elastic scattering and breakup -- 2.2. Fusion cross section -- 3. EXOTIC BEAM LINE -- 3.1. The beam selection and transport s.ystem -- 3.2. Final tests -- 3.3. Experiments to be performed with the EXOTIC line -- References -- Scattering process for the system 11Be + 209Bi at Coulomb barrier energies with the EXODET apparatus M. Mauocco, C. Signorini, T. Glodariu, L. Stroe, M. Romoli, A. De Francesco, M. Di Pietro, E. Vardaci, A. De Rosa, G. Inglima, M. La Commara, B. Martin, D. Pierroutsakou, M. Sandoli, R. Bonetti, A. Guglielmetti, F. Soramel, K. Yoshida, A. Yoshida, R. Kanungo, N. Khai, T. Motobayashi, T. Nomura, T. Ishikawa, H. Ishiyama, S. Jeong, H. Miyatake, M. H. Tanaka, I. Sugai and Y. Watanabe -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Set-Up -- 2.1. 11Be secondary beam production -- 2.2. Secondary beam tagging system -- 2.3. Detection equipment: the EXODET army -- 3. 11Be beam energy reconstruction -- 4. Data analysis -- 5 . Discussion -- 6. Conclusions -- References.

Fission dynamics in systems of intermediate fissility with 8 LP apparatus E. Vardaci, A. Brondi, G. La Rana, R. Moro, M. Trotta, A. Ordine, A. Boiano, R. Mordente, M. Cinausero, E. Fioretto, G. Prete, V. Riui, D. Shetty, M. Barbui, D. Fabris, M. Lunardon, S. Moretto, G. Viesti, N. Gelli, F. Lucarelli, V. A. Rubchenya and P. N. Nadtochy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The 8pLP apparatus -- 3. Dynamical effects in the system 32S +100Mo at 200 an 240 MeV -- 4. Dynamical effects in the system 32S +107Ag at 180 MeV -- References -- Search for isos in effects on the level density of nuclei involved in the decay of 139Eu N. Gelli, F. Lucarelli, A. Brondi, G. La Rana, R. Moro, M. Trotta, E. Vardaci, A. Ordine, A. Boiano, R. Mordente, M. Cinausero, E. Fioretto, G. Prete, M. Barbui, D. Fabris, M. Lunardon, V. Riui and I. Govil -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental details -- 3. Statistical model analysis and results -- 4. Perspectives -- References -- Isospin in reaction dynamics. The case of dissipative collisions at Fermi energies M. Di Toro -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Neck Dynamics at the Fermi Energies: Theory Survey -- 3. Neck Dynamics at the Fermi Energies: Experimental Survey -- Isospin Diffusion -- 4. Neck Observables -- Time-scale measurements -- Isospin Dynamics -- Isospin Diffusion -- "Pre-equilibrium" emissions -- Outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Thermodynamical aspects in heavy ion reactions M. Bruno, F. Cannata, M. D'Agostino, J. De Sanctis, S. Fabbri, E. Fuschini, E. Geraci, B. Guiot, G. Vannini, E. Verondini, F. Gulminelli, Ph. Chomaz, G. Casini, M. Chiari, A. Nannini, S. Barlini, F. Gramegna, V. Kravchuk, A. Lanehais, L. Vannucci, A. Moroni, A. Ordine, U. Abbondanno and G. V. Margagliotti -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sorting the events -- 3. Equilibrium partitions -- 4. Self-similarity and scalings -- 5. Thermodynamics.

5.1. "Canonical" treatment.