Theoretical approaches to nuclear dynamics in the intermediate energy domain

A review of a currently developed theoretical approach to the heavy ion reaction mechanisms suggested by authors early is presented. The Vlasov equation supplemented by the Uehling-Uhlenbeck collision term seems to presently provide the more convenient tool for the study of heavy ion reactions at intermediate energies when the nuclear mean field and the two-body collisions must be treated on an equal footing general formalism to define the initial conditions and derive the dynamical solutions of the Vlasov-Uehling-Uhlenbeck equation in the nuclear context. It is shown that the collision term helps in evacuating thermal energy into the continuum without essentially changing the mass of residual fragment. The collision term plays an essential role as well in the entrance channel to damp the relative motion as in the exit channel in the formation of the outgoing products