Dr. W. Udo Schröder, University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry, 500 Wilson Blvd., Rochester, NY 14627-0216

When two nuclei collide at relative energies exceeding their structural binding energy, unexpected things happen that are characteristic of the unique properties of nuclear matter.  These properties are important for phenomena of interest to various scientific fields, such as cosmology or cluster chemistry.  In order to extract fundamental information on the nuclear equation of state and on cluster/aggregation phenomena in microscopic quantal systems, one needs to understand the dynamics of nuclear reactions.  In my presentation, I will try to illustrate some of the basic problems and results of our studies of nuclear matter via reaction dynamics.