Monte Carlo calculations of heavy ion cross-sections based on the Boltzmann Master equation theory

We describe Monte Carlo calculations which use as input the double differen tial multiplicities of the particles emitted in small time intervals during the thermalization of excited nuclei. These multiplicities are evaluated b y solving a set of coupled Boltzmann Master equations. The comparison of th e experimental and the predicted exclusive spectra of the nucleons emitted in symmetric and asymmetric complete fusion heavy ion reactions at incident energies of a few tens of MeV/amu shows that the calculations reproduce ac curately the data. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.