TOPICAL REVIEW: Spectroscopic studies with the use of deep-inelastic heavy-ion reactions

Gamma spectroscopic studies exploiting deep-inelastic heavy-ion reactions in thick target experiments are reviewed. The description of physical motivation, history of early experiments, analysis of the N/Z equilibration process as well as the outline of the experimental method and data analysis are followed by the presentation of main results obtained in various regions of the nuclide chart. Brief comments on thin target spectroscopy experiments involving fragment detection and future outlook are summarized.