PHYSICS FROM COLLISIONS BELOW 200 MEV U

We discuss some aspects of nuclear collisions at incident energies bel ow the pion threshold. The emphasis is put on the physics of hot nucle i with implications regarding the nuclear equation of state and the tr ansport properties of nuclear matter. To this end, the production and decay of hot nuclear species are reviewed and nuclear disassembly is d iscussed in terms of bulk instabilities and phase transition in finite transient systems.