New perspectives for studies of reaction mechanisms at low-medium energies

Many open questions regarding the study of reaction mechanisms with heavy ions have still to be solved, even in the energetic range between 5 and 20 MeV/u, which is covered by the accelerating system Tandem XTU-Linac ALPI of the Laboratori Nazionali of Legnaro. Using complex apparatuses like GARFIELD, coupled with different ancillary detectors, it is possible to perform exclusive measurements, which should be capable of giving new important information, in order to better understand both nuclear structure problems, like for example the study of the mechanisms underlying the Giant Dipole Resonance Damping, and reaction mechanisms phenomena, like the characterization of those mechanisms which are responsible for the many-fragment emission. Preliminary results and future plans to be performed with the GARFIELD facility have been described.