The wall-and-window formula, describing the macroscopic energy dissipation for two nuclei in relative motion, is generalized to include the dissipation associated with a time rate of change of the mass asymmetry degree of freedom. The additional term is crucial for the possibility of understanding the existence of deep-inelastic nuclear reactions.
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Randrup et al. (1984) studied this question.
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