Exotic atomic nuclei on the verge of nuclear stability

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The main direction of this grant proposal is to populate exotic nuclei situated at the very limit of nuclear stability and at the extremes of neutron-to-proton ratios, into the so-called "Terra Incognita" region of the nuclear chart. These nuclei, which are produced in laboratories on Earth with very low probabilities, are sometimes also involved in nuclear astrophysics processes which take place in stars, and help the scientists to elucidate the origin of the elements in the Universe.Until recently such studies were carried out by using stable beams, and although there is much to be discovered using such beams, the focus is now on radioactive ion beams which define the future perspectives of nuclear studies far from stability in North America and worldwide.An extensive research programme at TRIUMF at the ISAC I and II facilities using sophisticated and highly efficient detector systems will explore how the nuclear structure envolves at the limits of stability and the element productions in stars.