CHARGE CORRELATIONS AND DYNAMICAL INSTABILITIES IN THE MULTIFRAGMENT EMISSION PROCESS

A new, sensitive method allows one to search for the enhancement of ev ents with nearly equal-sized fragments as predicted by theoretical cal culations based on volume or surface instabilities. Simulations have b een performed to investigate the sensitivity of the procedure. Experim entally, charge correlations of intermediate mass fragments emitted fr om heavy ion reactions at intermediate energies have been studied. No evidence for a preferred breakup into equal-sized fragments has been f ound.