Treatise on Heavy-Ion Science Volume 8 Nuclei Far From Stability [Paperback]

1. Structures of Nuclei Far From Stability.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Shapes and Structures of Nuclei: Views of a Decade Ago.- 3. Shape Coexistence in Tl-Hg-Au-Pt Nuclei.- 3.1. Even-Even Nuclei.- 3.2. Odd-A Nuclei.- 4. Spherical and Deformed Magic Numbers and Reinforcing and Switching Shell Gaps.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Nuclear-Shape Coexistence and New Regions of Very Strong Prolate Deformation Around Z = 38.- 4.3. Role of Reinforcing Proton and Neutron Shell Gaps on Competing Nuclear Shapes, Strong Deformation, and Magic Numbers.- 5. Shell Closures and Classical Spherical Magic Numbers Far From Stability.- 6. New Directions in Studying Nuclei Far From Stability.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. On-Line Nuclear Orientation.- 6.3. Recoil Mass Spectrometers.- 7. Other New Directions.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 2. Production of Nuclei Far From Stability.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1. Some History.- 1.2. Prerequisites for the Study of Nuclei Far From Stability.- 1.3. Heavy Ions in the Studies of Nuclei Far From Stability.- 1.4. Outline of this Chapter.- 2. Production of Nuclei Far From Stability by Complete-Fusion Reactions.- 2.1. Neutron-Deficient Nuclei.- 2.2. Separation and Identification of Complete-Fusion Reaction Products.- 2.3. New Processes and Nuclides Observed in Complete-Fusion Reactions.- 3. Production of Nuclei Far From Stability in Multinucleon Transfer Reactions.- 3.1. First Steps.- 3.2. Multinucleon Transfer Reactions and the Production of Nuclei Far From Stability.- 3.3. Separation and Identification of Nuclei Far From Stability Resulting from Multinucleon Transfers.- 3.4. New Nuclides from Multinucleon Transfer Reactions and their Properties.- 4. Projectile Fragmentation as a Method for Producing Nuclei Far From Stability.- 4.1. Relativistic Energies.- 4.2. Intermediate Energies.- 5. Conclusion.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 3. Proton-Rich Light Nucle.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Techniques for the Study of Light Proton-Rich Nuclei.- 2.1. General.- 2.2. Light-Ionlc'