Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 537 (2005) 637–657 Rare ISotopes INvestigation at GSI (RISING) using gamma-ray spectroscopy at relativistic energies H.J. Wollersheim a , D.E. Appelbe b , A. Banu a , R. Bassini c,d , T. Beck a , F. Becker a , P. Bednarczyk a,d,e , K.-H. Behr a , M.A. Bentley f , G. Benzoni c,d , C. Boiano c,d , U. Bonnes g , A. Bracco c,d , S. Brambilla c,d , A. Bru¨ nle a , A. Bu¨rger h , K. Burkard a , P.A. Butler i , F. Camera c,d , D. Curien j , J. Devin j , P. Doornenbal a , C. Fahlander k , K. Fayz b , H. Geissel a , J. Gerl a , M. Go´ rska a,Ã , H. Grawe a , J. Gre ¸ bosz a,e , R. Griffiths b , G. Hammond f , M. Hellstro¨m a , J. Hoffmann a , H. Hu¨ bel h , J. Jolie l , J.V. Kalben g , M. Kmiecik e , I. Kojouharov a , R. Kulessa m , N. Kurz a , I. Lazarus b , J. Li a,n , J. Leske h , R. Lozeva a,o , A. Maj e , S. Mandal a , W. Me ¸ czyn´ski e , B. Million c,d , G. Mu¨nzenberg a , S. Muralithar p , M. Mutterer g , P.J. Nolan i , G. Neyens q , J. Nyberg r , W. Prokopowicz a , V.F.E. Pucknell b , P. Reiter l , D. Rudolph k , N. Saito a , T.R. Saito a , D. Seddon i , H. Schaffner a , J. Simpson b , K.-H. Speidel h , J. Styczen´ e , K. Su¨mmerer a , N. Warr l , H. Weick a , C. Wheldon a , O. Wieland c,d , M. Winkler a , M. Zie ¸ blin´ski e a Gesellschaft fu¨r Schwerionenforschung, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany b CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4AD, United Kingdom c Department of Physics, University of Milano, Milano, Italy d INFN sez. Milano Via G. Celoria, 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy e Niewodniczan´ski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Krakow, Poland f Department of Physics, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, United Kingdom g Institut fu¨r Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstrasse 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany h Helmholtz-Institut fu¨r Strahlen- und Kernphysik, NuX allee 14-16, D-53115 Bonn, Germany i Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom j IReS, B.P. 28, F-67037 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France k Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden l Institut fu¨r Kernphysik, Univ. Ko¨ln, Zu¨lpicher strasse 77, D-50937 Ko¨ln, Germany m Nuclear Physics Division, Jagiellonian University, ul. Reymonta 4, 30-059 Krakow, Poland ARTICLE IN PRESS www.elsevier.com/locate/nima 0168-9002/$-see front matter r 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2004.08.072 Ã Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: h.j.wollersheim@gsi.de (H.J. Wollersheim), M.Gorska@gsi.de (M. Go´rska).