Nuclear Dynamics in the Nucleonic Regime

Over the last decade one of the most active areas of research in nuclear physics has been the study of systems of nucleons in various dynamical situations. Heavy-ion coliisons at beam energies in the range of 30-150 MeV per nucleon, where subnucleonic degrees of freedom can be considered as frozen, allow such systems to be studied in detail.This book aims to summarize current understanding of this branch of physics. The approach of the authors is to follow through time the course of typical heavy-ion collisions, and to discuss at each stage of the collisions, our experimental and theoretical understanding. In this way, a clear pictuure of the physics can be presented.