Abstract
New physics opportunities are opening up by the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array, AGATA,as it evolves to the full 4 instrument. AGATA is a high-resolution -ray spectrometer, solely built from highly segmented high-purity Ge detectors, capable of measuring rays from a few tens of keV to beyond 10 MeV, with unprecedented effciency, excellent position resolution for individual -ray interactions, and very high count-rate capability. As a travelling detector AGATA will be employed at all major current and near-future European research facilities delivering stable and radioactive ion beams.