Nuclear research with heavy ions

This report discusses the following topics: Asymmetric fission of {sup 149}Tb* from the finite-range, rotating-liquid-drop model: mean total kinetic energies for binary fragmentation; charged-particle evaporation from hot composite nuclei: evidence over a broad Z range for distortions from cold nuclear profiles; the role of reversed kinematics and double kinematic solutions in nuclear reactions studies; production of intermediate-mass-fragments in the reaction {sup 98}Mo + {sup 51}V at an excitation energy E* = 224-MeV; emission of light charged particles in the reaction 344-MeV {sup 28}Si + {sup 121}Sb; continued developments of the statistical evaporation code LILITA{ }N90; and planning for heavy-ion-collision studies at very high energies: the STAR collaboration at RHIC