DEMON: A THERMOMETER AND A CLOCK FOR FUSION-FISSION DYNAMICS STUDIES: AN INTRODUCTION

F. Hanappe1, L. Stuttge2

1 Universite Libre De Bruxelles, PNTPM, CP 229, Avenue F. D. Roosevelt, 50, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium,
2 Institut De Recherches Subatomiques, IN2P3-CNRS/Universite Louis Pasteur, B. P. 28, F-67037 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France


The DEMON program on the study of the fusion-fission dynamics is presented. After a brief review of the present status in this field, the motivations are discussed and the main characteristics of the detector are described.