Direct Reactions with Exotic Beams in Santiago de Compostela, Spain: DREB2022

Abstract

The 11th international conference on Direct Reactions with Exotic Beams (DREB) was coorganized by the Institute of Estructura de la Materia (IEM-CSIC), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), and University of Seville (USE) and took place on the north campus of USC from 26 June to 1 July 2022 (Figure 1). The meeting was cochaired by M.J.G. Borge (IEM-CSIC), D. Cortina (USC), and A. Moro (USE). The conference took place in hybrid mode, with both inperson and remote participation. This DREB conference is part of the biennial series, which began in 1999 at MSU, East Lansing, through the initiative of physicists from MSU, IPN-Orsay (Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay), and FSU (Florida State University) working in the field. The subsequent meetings were held at Orsay (2001), Guildford (2003), East Lansing (2005), Wako (2007), Tallahassee (2009), Pisa (2012), Darmstadt (2014), Halifax (2016), and Matsue (2018). The 2020 edition was postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. This series of conferences has become a key forum to discuss the advances in direct reaction studies with emphasis on the exotic structure that appears in light nuclei. The DREB conference was conceived to foster discussions and facilitate the exchange of new experimental and theoretical results, as well as ongoing initiatives, within a very informal atmosphere. Aside from two keynote speakers, who are invited to present