Some aspects of nucleus-nucleus collisions at medium energies

Abstract

Selected aspects of nuclear reactions between heavy ions involving two- and three-body exit channels of comparable masses are reviewed. Correlation between energy dissipation and nucleon exchange in the case of deep inelastic collisions (DIC) involving two-body decay is discussed. Recent experimental results on fusion-fission and the three-body decay involving sequential fission of heavy and superheavy nuclei populated in DIC are presented. Finally, the possibility of a fast sequential splitting of an intermediate nucleus (fast fission) induced by the DIC process is discussed in the light of some recent results.