In physics, the cross section is a measure of the probability that a specific process will take place in a collision of two particles. For example, the...
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3D Cross section (geology) Cross section (electronics) Radar cross section, measure of detectability Cross section (physics) Absorption cross section Nuclear...
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physics, absorption cross-section is a measure of the probability of an absorption process. More generally, the term cross-section is used in physics...
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Photoionisation cross section in the context of condensed matter physics refers to the probability of a particle (usually an electron) being emitted from...
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A gamma ray cross section is a measure of the probability that a gamma ray interacts with matter. The total cross section of gamma ray interactions is...
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In nuclear physics, the concept of a neutron cross section is used to express the likelihood of interaction between an incident neutron and a target nucleus...
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amongst neutron cross sections the absorption cross sections are of particular interest. In nuclear physics it is conventional to consider the impinging...
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Klein–Nishina formula (redirect from Klein-Nishina cross-section)
In particle physics, the Klein–Nishina formula gives the differential cross section (i.e. the "likelihood" and angular distribution) of photons scattered...
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Attenuation (redirect from Extinction (physics))
Atmospheric refraction Attenuation length Attenuator (genetics) Cross section (physics) Electrical impedance Environmental remediation for natural attenuation...
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Radar cross-section (RCS), denoted σ, also called radar signature, is a measure of how detectable an object is by radar. A larger RCS indicates that an...
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Thomson scattering (redirect from Thomson cross section)
_{0}mc^{2}}}\right)^{2}.} The important feature is that the cross section is independent of light frequency. The cross section is proportional by a simple numerical factor...
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denominator, and may be expressed with square distance in the numerator) cross section (physics), an area-dimensioned quantity kinetic energy (quadratic dependence...
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R is the ratio of the hadronic cross section to the muon cross section in electron–positron collisions: R = σ ( 0 ) ( e + e − → h a d r o n s ) σ ( e...
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Barn (unit) (redirect from Barn (physics))
nuclear physics for expressing the cross sectional area of nuclei and nuclear reactions, today it is also used in all fields of high-energy physics to express...
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scattering Computation of radiowave attenuation in the atmosphere Cross section (physics) Grey atmosphere High-energy X-rays Mass attenuation coefficient...
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Titov, O. (2016-01-01). "The inverse beta decay: a study of cross section". Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 675 (1): 012003. Bibcode:2016JPhCS.675a2003O...
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quantitatively and qualitatively. Accelerator mass spectrometry Cross section (physics) Mass-analyzed ion-kinetic-energy spectrometry Unimolecular ion...
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In physics, and especially scattering theory, the momentum-transfer cross section (sometimes known as the momentum-transport cross section) is an effective...
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Cross-phase modulation Cross-recurrence quantification Cross entropy Cross fluid Cross modulation Cross sea Cross section (physics) Crossing (physics)...
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International System of Units ISO 31 Elert, Glenn. "Special Symbols". The Physics Hypertextbook. Retrieved 4 August 2021. NIST (16 August 2023). "SI Units"...
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Witten, Edward (1977). "Anomalous cross section for photon-photon scattering in gauge theories". Nuclear Physics B. 120 (2). Elsevier BV: 189–202. Bibcode:1977NuPhB...
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Automatic calculation of particle interaction or decay (category Physics articles needing expert attention)
(programmed) way: from the Lagrangian expression describing the physics model up to the cross-sections values and to the event generator software. Particle accelerators...
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In physics, the pomeron is a Regge trajectory — a family of particles with increasing spin — postulated in 1961 to explain the slowly rising cross section...
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S-factor (category Nuclear physics)
In nuclear physics, the astrophysical S-factor S(E) is a rescaling of a nuclear reaction's total cross section σ(E) to account for the Coulomb repulsion...
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particles produced by the hadronization of quarks and gluons in a particle physics or heavy ion experiment. Particles carrying a color charge, i.e. quarks...
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Nuclear fusion (category Nuclear physics)
forms of the cross-section can be derived through nuclear physics-based models and R-matrix theory. The Naval Research Lab's plasma physics formulary gives...
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Accelerator physics is a branch of applied physics, concerned with designing, building and operating particle accelerators. As such, it can be described...
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Traction (mechanics) Hydrostatic pressure Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, Section 5.7. Seventh Edition, Brooks/Cole Cengage...
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Fiducial (section In particle physics)
or origin of a frame of reference Fiducial cross section, in particle physics experiments, a cross section for the subset of a process in which the distinctive...
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or more physical objects in the environment cross each other's path. There are two central types of physics simulations: rigid body and soft-body simulators...
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