Pigmy resonances, transfer, and separable potentials
  In this contribution we make a short review of recent progress on topics of current interest in nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics. In particular, we discuss a re-analysis of the extraction of the dipole response of the pigmy resonance in $^{68}$Ni based on a continuum discretized coupled-channels calculation in relativistic Coulomb excitation experiments. We also discuss the forthcoming progresses made by our group on the Alt-Sandhas-Grassberber approach to (d,p) reactions and future expectations. The role of separable potentials in solving such equations with a test case based on applications of such potentials to phase-shift analysis is also presented. 
C.A. Bertulani, A. S. Kadyrov, A. Kruppa, T. V. Nhan Hao, A. M.   Mukhamedzhanov and Shubhchintak
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