Complete isotopic characterization of projectile fragments in Ca+Ca reactions at Fermi energies with the FAZIA array

This thesis is part of the studies that the international FAZIA collaboration is performing on heavy-ion collision experiments using the new setup of telescopes developed in the last decade, capable of excellent capabilities in terms of ion identification. In this thesis, we analyzed the data of Ca+Ca reactions, collected in one of the first experiments using the new FAZIA telescopes. The beams were accelerated at 35 MeV/u, well within the so-called Fermi energy range. The main goal of the experiment was an accurate study of the semi-peripheral collisions, in particular from the point of view of the mechanisms that intervene in the neutron-to-proton equilibration, accessing for the first time to the neutron content of the quasi-projectile remnant.