Detection in complete kinematics using highly segmented detectors can provide detailed information on the structure of excited nuclear states and their decay mechanisms. The detection of final states consisting of several particles gives rise to many challenges. We present here new techniques that allow for the extraction of physics from the many open channels. In particular this complete kinematic analysis technique has been applied to data from low-energy, high Q-value, light-ion reactions 10B(3He,pααα), 11B(3He,dααα), and 7Li(3He,pαα)n, all of them performed at the CMAM tandem accelerator in Madrid.

WewouldliketoacknowledgesupportbytheSpanishCICYT research Grant FP2007-62170 and MICINN Consolider Project CSD2007-00042,as well as support by the European Union Sixth Framework through RII3-EURONS/JRA4-DLEP(Contract no.506065). M.Alcorta acknowledges the support of the CSIC I3P program cofinanced by the European Social Fund.

8 pages, 1 table, 7 figures.--Printed version published Jul 1, 2009.

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