Quasi-elastic reactions: an interplay of reaction dynamics and nuclear structure

Multinucleon transfer reactions have been investigated in Ar-40+Pb-208 with the Prisma + Clara set-up. The experimental differential cross sections of different neutron transfer channels have been obtained at three different angular settings taking into account the transmission through the spectrometer. The experimental yields of the excited states have been determined via particle-gamma coincidences. In odd Ar isotopes, we reported a significant population of 11/2(-) states, reached via neutron transfer. Their structure matches a stretched configuration of the valence neutron coupled to vibration quanta.