Feasibility of using $^{2}$H as a probe in studying iso-scalar giant monopole resonance (ISGMR) in unstable nuclei using inverse kinematics*

Nuclear incompressibility is studied using ISGMR, a collective excitation mode of the nucleus. With the advent of the radioactive ion beam facilities, it would be very interesting to measure the ISGMR strength distributions in nuclei far from the stability line. However, these experiments would have to be done in inverse kinematics and the most appropriate targets would be $^{2}$H and $^{4}$He. However, little is known about ISGMR excitation with $^{2}$H. With this in mind, ISGMR measurements have been made using a $^{2}$H probe at 100 MeV/A at RCNP, Osaka university, Japan. Small-angle inelastic scattering data were obtained for $^{58}$Ni, $^{90}$Zr, and $^{208}$Pb. The results of the ISGMR strengths extracted from the multipole decomposition analysis will be presented.