Multi-particle correlation function to study short-lived nuclei
  Unstable 10C nuclei are produced as quasi-projectiles in 12C+24Mg collisions at E/A = 53 and 95 MeV. The decay of their short-lived states is studied with the INDRA multidetector array via multi-particle correlation functions. The obtained results show that heavy-ion collisions can be used as a tool to access spectroscopic information of unbound states in exotic nuclei, such as their energies and the relative importance of different sequential decay widths. 
F. Grenier, A. Chbihi (GANIL), R. Roy, G. Verde (INFN, Sezione di   Catania), D. Th\'eriault, J.D. Frankland (GANIL), J.P. W...