Spectroscopy and mass measurements of neutron rich isotopes by the (t, alpha ) reaction

The neutron excess of the triton makes it possible to use this projectile in transfer reactions to reach nuclei of greater neutron excess than the target nucleus. Principal examples of such reactions are the (t, alpha ), (t, p) and (t,/sup 3/He) reactions, all of which have been used to study neutron rich nuclei. The authors discuss several of these examples and reports on more definitive mass measurements and spectroscopy of the low lying levels of some of these nuclei. In particular, results of using a polarized triton beam are discussed as this study leads to many new spin assignments. (31 refs).