Studies of exotic light nuclei

For neutron-deficient nuclei, extension of the T/sub z/=-3/2 series of strong beta-delayed proton precursors to /sup 61/Ge is discussed. For neutron-excess nuclei, heavy-ion induced, multi-nucleon transfer reaction studies of masses and energy levels of 2s1d shell nuclei with T/sub z/>or=5/2 are covered. In addition, preliminary attempts to employ the (/sup 7/Li, /sup 2/He) reaction for the latter studies are shown; a new detection system capable of observing unbound final states as reaction products is demonstrated via investigations of the ( alpha ,/sup 2/He) reaction. (28 refs).