Intermediate energy Coulomb excitation as a probe of nuclear structure at radioactive beam facilities

C. A. Bertulani, A. E. Stuchbery, T. J. Mertzimekis +1

The effects of retardation in the Coulomb excitation of radioactive nuclei in intermediate energy collisions (Elab ~100 MeV/nucleon) are investigated. We show that the excitation c…