  The statistics of the deformation and breakup of neutrally buoyant
sub-Kolmogorov ellipsoidal drops is investigated via Lagrangian simulations of
homogeneous isotropic turbulence. The mean lifetime of a drop is also studied
as a function of the initial drop size and the capillary number. A vector model
of drop previously introduced by Olbricht, Rallison and Leal [J. Non-Newtonian
Fluid Mech. $\mathbf{10}$, 291 (1982)] is used to predict the behaviour of the
above quantities analytically.
