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In this chapter the current status of in-beam spectroscopy to measure nuclear electromagnetic transitions in order to unravel the structure of excited states of the atomic nucleus is discussed. After a short presentation of recent developments for high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometers and a short introduction to electromagnetic transitions in atomic nuclei, the methods used for characterizing excited nuclear states using in-beam spectroscopy are presented in detail and illustrated with recent results obtained using different types of nuclear reactions.
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Görgen, A., Korten, W. (2023). In-Beam Spectroscopy of Nuclear Electromagnetic Transitions. In: Tanihata, I., Toki, H., Kajino, T. (eds) Handbook of Nuclear Physics . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6345-2_86
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