@article {016_Bertul, title = {Intermediate energy Coulomb excitation as a probe of nuclear structure at radioactive beam facilities}, journal = {Phys. Rev. C}, volume = {68}, number = {4}, year = {2003}, pages = {446091{\textendash}4460910}, address = {Department of Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States}, abstract = {The effects of retardation in the Coulomb excitation of radioactive nuclei in intermediate energy collisions (Elab ? 100 MeV/nucleon) are investigated. We show that the excitation cross sections of low-lying states in 11Be, 38,40,42S, and 44,46Ar projectiles incident on gold and lead targets are modified by as much as 20\% due to these effects. The angular distributions of decaying ? rays are also appreciably modified.}, issn = {05562813 (ISSN)}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.68.044609}, author = {Bertulani, C.A. and Stuchbery, A.E. and Mertzimekis, T. J. and Davies, A.D.} }