Terminology

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prestigious786
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Terminology

Post by prestigious786 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:52 am

What do we mean by cross-section, integrated luminosity and inverse femtobarn in High Energy physics?
What does it mean to say, LHC will operate at 10inverse femtobarn?

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Re: Terminology

Post by Harbles » Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:34 pm

This subject is discussed here. viewtopic.php?f=5&t=566

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