The expansion phase of a hot nuclear system as created in an energetic heavy ion collision is calculated and discussed by aselfconsistent field-theoretical model which consideres dynamical growth ofinstabilities arisig from strong fluctuations of the one-body density. Firstmultiplicity distributions andmass spectra resulting from a series of numerical runs in a two dimensional model world are presented and discussed.

Reaction products corresponding to the transfer of one and several protons have been measured over a large angular range for incident energies of 380 MeV and 400 MeV in reactions of86Kr with88Sr,90Zr and92Mo. For transitions with smallQ-values (total kinetic energy loss TKEL≦10 MeV) the transfer probabilities are deduced. The magnitudes and slopes of these probabilities as function of the distance of closest approach between two nuclei are discussed. The results for single proton transfer are well described by tunneling, whereas the transfer of two and more nucleons into low lying states of the final nuclei seems to be influenced by intermediate transfer steps with larger TKEL. The data give the possibility to discuss the relation between deep-inelastic and quasi-elastic processes. The deep-inelastic data are analyzed successfully by including deformations, charge transfer and statistical fluctuations into the frictional model of Gross and Kalinowski.