Reaction mechanism and nuclear structure explored in binary reactions: status and perspectives

Recent advances have been achieved in the field of multinucleon transfer reactions among heavy ions, both experimentally and theoretically. Detailed nuclear mass, charge and Q-value distributions allow to identify the relevant degrees of freedom acting in the transfer process. The advent of the large solid angle magnetic spectrometer PRISMA coupled to the large γ-array CLARA was a major experimental breakthrough, as reaction mechanism and nuclear structure studies of neutron rich nuclei can be performed via γ-particle coincidences. Examples of recent studies are presented.