Isotopic identification in CHIMERA detector: recent results and perspectives

Isotopic identification of nuclear products in heavy-ion physics with stable and exotic beams ( RIB) is of crucial importance for understanding the behaviour of nuclear matter far away from normal density. This is true for both nuclear structure and nuclear reaction studies. The recent upgrading of the 4 pi CHIMERA detector by pulse shape methods in silicon detectors in connection with the Time of flight (TOF) and the energy loss ( DE-E) methods allows for light charged particles and light fragments (Z < 10) identiflcation in a broad kinetic energy range from the coulomb barrier up to tens of MeV/nucleons. After a brief discussion of the experimental methodology used in the detector to identify the particles some relevant applications in the fleld of nuclear reaction studies with stable and exotic beams.