Table of Contents

Introduction. Some basic properties of nuclei: static and statistical concepts. Macroscopic and microscopic descriptions of heavy-ion collisions. Basic experimental and analysis tools. Reaction mechanisms. Fast processes towards thermalization. Decay modes of hot nuclei: from evaporation to vaporisation. Nuclear fragmentation and the liquid-gas phase transition. Epilogue. Appendix. References. Index.

About the Author

D Durand, E Suraud, B Tamain