FLUCTUATIONS IN THE FRAGMENTATION PROCESS

In this review, we present some general framework of sequential fragme ntation, as provided by the newly proposed Fragmentation-Inactivation -Binary model, and to study briefly its basic and universal features. This model includes as particular cases most of the previous kinetic f ragmentation models. In particular, we discuss how one arrives in this framework to the critical behaviour, called the shattering transition . This model is then compared to recent data on gold multifragmentatio n at 600 MeV nucl.