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The discussion centers on the application of the liquid drop model in nuclear physics and its connection to the Langevin equation, originally formulated for Brownian motion. The Langevin equation is utilized to describe the fission process, where the Brownian particle represents collective variables such as quadrupole moments. Key references provided include a paper from the Institute of Physics and an article from arXiv that delve into these concepts.

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Hi !

i'm looking for some paper about the liquid drop model, and why we can use the langevin equation (initialy designed for brownian motion) to describe fission process (here brownian particle is collective variable such as quadripolar momenta)


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