Nuclear multifragmentation and fission: similarity and differences
  Thermal multifragmentation of hot nuclei is interpreted as the nuclear liquid--fog phase transition deep inside the spinodal region. The experimental data for p(8.1GeV) + Au collisions are analyzed. It is concluded that the decay process of hot nuclei is characterized by two size parameters: transition state and freeze-out volumes. The similarity between dynamics of fragmentation and ordinary fission is discussed. The IMF emission time is related to the mean rupture time at the multi-scission point, which corresponds to the kinetic freeze-out configuration. 
V. Karnaukhov, H. Oeschler, S. Avdeyev, V. Rodionov, V. Kirakosyan, A.   Simonenko, P. Rukoyatkin, A. Budzanowski, W. Karcz,...