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43: 702: 5503: 3964: 737:, contact, etc.), the impact parameter and the scattering angle have a definite one-to-one functional dependence on each other. Generally the impact parameter can neither be controlled nor measured from event to event and is assumed to take all possible values when averaging over many scattering events. The differential size of the cross section is the area element in the plane of the impact parameter, i.e. 246: 1341: 7356: 5243: 186:, the intensity scattered at the forward and backward angles is greater than the intensity scattered sideways, so the forward differential scattering cross section is greater than the perpendicular differential cross section, and by adding all of the infinitesimal cross sections over the whole range of angles with integral calculus, we can find the total cross section. 5247: 7904: 2050: 2428: 7624: 3758: 6535:
experience a larger cross sectional area of water droplets than photons of higher energy. The halo around the Moon thus has a perimeter of red light due to lower energy photons being scattering further from the center of the Moon. Photons from the rest of the visible spectrum are left within the center of the halo and perceived as white light.
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Combining the scattering and absorption cross sections in this manner is often necessitated by the inability to distinguish them experimentally, and much research effort has been put into developing models that allow them to be distinguished, the Kubelka-Munk theory being one of the most important in
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of a given process depends strongly on experimental variables such as the density of the target material, the intensity of the beam, the detection efficiency of the apparatus, or the angle setting of the detection apparatus. However, these quantities can be factored away, allowing measurement of the
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for collisions of accelerated beams of one type of particle with targets (either stationary or moving) of a second type of particle. The probability for any given reaction to occur is in proportion to its cross section. Thus, specifying the cross section for a given reaction is a proxy for stating
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specifies the amount of optical power scattered from light of a given irradiance (power per area). It is important to note that although the cross section has the same units as area, the cross section may not necessarily correspond to the actual physical size of the target given by other forms of
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with each other) is a measure of the interaction event between the two particles. The cross section is proportional to the probability that an interaction will occur; for example in a simple scattering experiment the number of particles scattered per unit of time (current of scattered particles
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There is no simple relationship between the scattering cross section and the physical size of the particles, as the scattering cross section depends on the wavelength of radiation used. This can be seen when looking at a halo surrounding the Moon on a decently foggy evening: Red light photons
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It is a function of the scattering angle (and therefore also the impact parameter), plus other observables such as the momentum of the incoming particle. The differential cross section is always taken to be positive, even though larger impact parameters generally produce less deflection. In
7760: 4772: 1915: 2274: 5498:{\displaystyle \sigma _{\text{sc}}=\sigma _{\text{sc}}^{\text{(e)}}+\sigma _{\text{sc}}^{\text{(m)}}={\frac {1}{(4\pi \varepsilon \varepsilon _{0})^{2}}}\cdot {\frac {8\pi }{3}}k^{4}|\alpha ^{e}|^{2}+{\frac {1}{(4\pi \mu \mu _{0})^{2}}}\cdot {\frac {8\pi }{3}}k^{4}|\alpha ^{m}|^{2}} 3959:{\displaystyle W_{\text{i}}=-\oint _{A}\mathbf {\Pi } _{\text{i}}\cdot {\hat {\mathbf {r} }}dA\equiv 0,\qquad W_{\text{s}}=\oint _{A}\mathbf {\Pi } _{\text{s}}\cdot {\hat {\mathbf {r} }}dA,\qquad W_{\text{ext}}=\oint _{A}\mathbf {\Pi } _{\text{ext}}\cdot {\hat {\mathbf {r} }}dA.} 7479: 3021: 1754: 3584:
energy is absorbed within the sphere, otherwise energy is being created within the sphere. We will not consider this case here. If the host medium is non-absorbing, the energy must be absorbed by the particle. We decompose the total field into incident and scattered parts
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In situations where the scattering process is not azimuthally symmetric, such as when the beam or target particles possess magnetic moments oriented perpendicular to the beam axis, the differential cross section must also be expressed as a function of the azimuthal angle.
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The differential cross section is extremely useful quantity in many fields of physics, as measuring it can reveal a great amount of information about the internal structure of the target particles. For example, the differential cross section of
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of finite-sized particles there are collisions among particles that depend on their cross-sectional size. The average distance that a particle travels between collisions depends on the density of gas particles. These quantities are related by
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If the particles in the gas interact by a force with a larger range than their physical size, then the cross section is a larger effective area that may depend on a variety of variables such as the energy of the particles.
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in addition to the shape and size of the particle. The total amount of scattering in a sparse medium is determined by the product of the scattering cross section and the number of particles present. In terms of area, the
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measurement. It is not uncommon for the actual cross-sectional area of a scattering object to be much larger or smaller than the cross section relative to some physical process. For example,
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is the thickness of the stationary target (SI unit: m). This formula assumes that the target is thin enough that each beam particle will interact with at most one target particle.
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that interact only upon contact, their scattering cross section is related to their geometric size. If the particles interact through some action-at-a-distance force, such as
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A cross section is therefore a measure of the effective surface area seen by the impinging particles, and as such is expressed in units of area. The cross section of two
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corresponds to scattering from the edge of the circle directly forward. This expression confirms the intuitive expectations that the mirror circle acts like a diverging
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The result from the previous example can be used to solve the analogous problem in three dimensions, i.e., scattering from a perfectly reflecting sphere of radius
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and a perfectly reflecting boundary. The beam consists of a uniform density of parallel rays, and the beam-circle interaction is modeled within the framework of
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Bekshaev, A Ya (2013-04-01). "Subwavelength particles in an inhomogeneous light field: optical forces associated with the spin and orbital energy flows".
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joining the reflection point of the ray with the center point of the mirror. Then the increase of the length element perpendicular to the beam is
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can have light scattering cross sections for particular frequencies that are much larger than their actual cross-sectional areas.
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that interact by direct contact, as illustrated in Figure 1, then the effective cross section for the collision of a pair is
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Bohren, Craig F., and Donald R. Huffman. Absorption and scattering of light by small particles. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
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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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is the perpendicular offset of the trajectory of the incoming particle, and the outgoing particle emerges at an angle
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This has the simple interpretation as the probability density for finding the scattered projectile at a given angle.
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denote the radii of the scattering center and scattered sphere, respectively. The differential cross section is
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In the interaction of light with particles, many processes occur, each with their own cross sections, including
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Cross sections can be computed for atomic collisions but also are used in the subatomic realm. For example, in
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are also widely used. Correspondingly, the differential cross section can be measured in units such as mb/sr.
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of the wave function when the projectile and target are too far apart for the interaction to have any effect.
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For light, as in other settings, the scattering cross section for particles is generally different from the
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measurement where a single particle is scattered off a single stationary target particle. Conventionally, a
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After scattering takes place it is expected that the wave function takes on the following asymptotic form:
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that indicate the creation of metastable states and contain information about their energy and lifetime.
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Differential and total scattering cross sections are among the most important measurable quantities in
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Let us assume that a particle supports only electric and magnetic dipole modes with polarizabilities
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The total extinction cross section is related to the attenuation of the light intensity through the
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coordinates between the projectile and the target. The arrow indicates that this only describes the
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The plane perpendicular to the incoming light beam can be parameterized by cylindrical coordinates
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In other words, the total scattering cross section is equal to the area of the circle (with radius
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limit of a function of some final-state variable, such as particle angle or energy, it is called a
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The following equations apply to two hard spheres that undergo a perfectly elastic collision. Let
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For the case of a no-inside-gain particle, i.e. no energy is emitted by the particle internally (
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The main approach is based on the following. Firstly, we construct an imaginary sphere of radius
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When the scattered radiation is visible light, it is conventional to measure the path length in
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is not changed by the scattering process, and the differential cross section can be written as
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before and after the collision respectively, the differential cross section is given by
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cross sections. These are normalized by the geometrical cross sections of the particle
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Nondestructive Testing Handbook Volume 4 Radiographic Testing, ASNT, 2002, chapter 22.
8122:{\displaystyle {\frac {\mathrm {d} \sigma }{\mathrm {d} \Omega }}={\frac {a^{2}}{4}}.} 6382:{\displaystyle \sigma =\sigma _{\text{abs}}+\sigma _{\text{sc}}+\sigma _{\text{lum}}.} 4345:, the problem has a precise solution. The scattering and extinction coefficients are 2628:{\displaystyle \sigma =\sigma _{\text{abs}}+\sigma _{\text{sc}}+\sigma _{\text{lum}}.} 2520:
can also be described in terms of scattering cross sections, in which case the square
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The following example deals with a beam of light scattering off a circle with radius
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In the context of scattering light on extended bodies, the scattering cross section,
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off a stationary target consisting of many particles, the differential cross section
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Nieto-Vesperinas, M.; Sáenz, J. J.; Gómez-Medina, R.; Chantada, L. (2010-05-14).
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when the type of cross section can be inferred from context. In this case,
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Bliokh, Konstantin Y.; Bekshaev, Aleksandr Y.; Nori, Franco (2014-03-06).
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axis of this coordinate system aligned with the incident beam. The angle
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may be used as the independent variable of differential cross sections.
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When two discrete particles interact in classical physics, their mutual
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The differential relationship between incident and reflected intensity
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The differential cross section is related to the scattering amplitude:
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The full wave function of the system behaves asymptotically as the sum
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is the total thickness of the material. For light, this is called the
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The reflection angle of this ray with respect to the incoming ray is
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If the particles in the gas can be treated as hard spheres of radius
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If a beam of particles enters a thin layer of material of thickness
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In nuclear and particle physics, the conventional unit is the barn
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of a particle, as it depends upon the wavelength of light and the
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and, finally, the electric and magnetic absorption cross sections
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provided strong evidence for the existence of the atomic nucleus.
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collides with nuclei in a reactor or other nuclear device, with a
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to their relative motion within which they must meet in order to
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will be deflected by a given angle during an interaction with an
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Probability of a given process occurring in a particle collision
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may be recovered by integrating the differential cross section
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cylindrically symmetric situations (about the beam axis), the
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Differential cross sections in inelastic scattering contain
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the probability that a given scattering process will occur.
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is some function of the angular coordinates known as the
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corresponds to backward scattering, and its minimum at
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is the particle concentration as a number density, and
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is related to the flux of scattered particle detection
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Equality occurs for non-absorbing particles, i.e. for
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is used, with the target placed at the origin and the
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Dipole approximation for the scattering cross section
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is the finite angular size of the detector (SI unit:
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IUPAC Goldbook – Definition: Collision Cross Section
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ShimPlotWell cross section plotter for nuclear data
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IUPAC Goldbook – Definition: Reaction Cross Section
4277:All the field can be decomposed into the series of 210:underlying two-particle collisional cross section. 8215: 8121: 8051: 7962: 7898: 7743: 7618: 7444: 7350: 7167: 7116: 7029: 7001: 6977: 6947: 6782: 6714: 6605: 6519:{\displaystyle A_{\lambda }=-\log {\mathcal {T}}.} 6518: 6381: 6272: 6222: 5933: 5898: 5729: 5560: 5497: 5237: 5050: 4882: 4813: 4766: 4670: 4627: 4498: 4337: 4317: 4297: 4266: 4141: 4051: 3958: 3744: 3678: 3651: 3629: 3576: 3543: 3469: 3395: 3375: 3355: 3328: 3264: 3191: 3126: 3072: 3015: 2927: 2884: 2857: 2830: 2788:{\displaystyle A_{\lambda }=-\log {\mathcal {T}}.} 2787: 2679: 2627: 2422: 2251: 2044: 1855: 1748: 1626: 1491: 1335: 1108: 913: 626: 541: 424: 342:is the cross section of a two-particle collision ( 322: 7009:is applied. This is due to the long range of the 4814:{\textstyle \mathbf {p} =\alpha ^{e}\mathbf {E} } 6543:The scattering cross section is related to the 2811:include efficiency coefficients for extinction 425:{\displaystyle \sigma =\pi \left(2r\right)^{2}} 323:{\displaystyle \sigma ={\frac {1}{n\lambda }},} 6634:, the scattering coefficient per unit length. 2501:, and is effective for particles of 2–50  2467:, a smaller unit is usually used in practice. 627:{\displaystyle \Phi =\Phi _{0}e^{-n\sigma z},} 8784:Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics 7361:The differential cross section is therefore ( 3199:is the intensity of the incident wave. For a 2524:is a convenient unit: 1 Å = 10 m = 2235: 2210: 1839: 1813: 929:For scattering of particles of incident flux 252:In a gas of particles of individual diameter 228:With light scattering off of a particle, the 8: 8315:International Bureau of Weights and Measures 6273:{\textstyle \Im (\varepsilon )=\Im (\mu )=0} 2928:{\textstyle \sigma _{\text{geom}}=\pi a^{2}} 189:Scattering cross sections may be defined in 2505:in diameter: as such, it is widely used in 148:from each other. If the particles are hard 8744:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 8374:Biological instrumentation and methodology 6827:scatters off a fixed particle with charge 6392:The total cross section is related to the 6316:) is the sum of the cross sections due to 1873:(i.e. observed when the two particles are 1697: 1674: 1579: 1556: 1469: 1446: 1137:of the target particles (SI unit: m), and 8667: 8575: 8510: 8492: 8427: 8204: 8186: 8185: 8174: 8164: 8161: 8152: 8140: 8105: 8099: 8085: 8075: 8072: 8070: 8032: 8008: 7981: 7973:Together with the trigonometric identity 7949: 7948: 7940: 7939: 7919: 7917: 7885: 7884: 7876: 7875: 7861: 7837: 7816: 7810: 7799: 7798: 7775: 7764: 7762: 7726: 7725: 7698: 7665: 7663: 7596: 7595: 7581: 7561: 7552: 7547: 7532: 7531: 7520: 7510: 7507: 7498: 7493: 7481: 7425: 7405: 7391: 7381: 7378: 7376: 7337: 7336: 7325: 7315: 7312: 7298: 7297: 7283: 7263: 7249: 7248: 7213: 7212: 7198: 7197: 7192: 7142: 7103: 7102: 7079: 7077: 7019: 7014: 6994: 6969: 6963: 6939: 6921: 6906: 6893: 6877: 6871: 6843: 6841: 6771: 6739: 6733: 6698: 6692: 6669: 6667: 6591: 6578: 6569: 6563: 6507: 6506: 6488: 6482: 6370: 6357: 6344: 6332: 6235: 6206: 6196: 6172: 6167: 6160: 6151: 6148: 6136: 6126: 6102: 6097: 6090: 6081: 6078: 6061: 6051: 6039: 6020: 6001: 5989: 5970: 5951: 5949: 5919: 5913: 5885: 5880: 5873: 5864: 5855: 5835: 5829: 5817: 5781: 5762: 5753: 5748: 5742: 5716: 5711: 5704: 5695: 5686: 5666: 5660: 5648: 5612: 5593: 5584: 5579: 5573: 5552: 5547: 5534: 5529: 5516: 5510: 5489: 5484: 5477: 5468: 5462: 5443: 5431: 5421: 5399: 5390: 5385: 5378: 5369: 5363: 5344: 5332: 5322: 5300: 5291: 5286: 5273: 5268: 5255: 5249: 5226: 5195: 5176: 5164: 5133: 5114: 5105: 5100: 5087: 5082: 5069: 5063: 5039: 5026: 5008: 4996: 4977: 4963: 4950: 4932: 4920: 4901: 4895: 4875: 4869: 4856: 4846: 4828: 4826: 4806: 4800: 4788: 4786: 4758: 4745: 4732: 4722: 4715: 4702: 4689: 4683: 4662: 4652: 4640: 4616: 4603: 4569: 4558: 4545: 4535: 4525: 4516: 4510: 4487: 4482: 4475: 4466: 4457: 4452: 4445: 4436: 4409: 4398: 4385: 4375: 4365: 4356: 4350: 4330: 4310: 4290: 4253: 4248: 4238: 4233: 4228: 4218: 4213: 4203: 4198: 4193: 4171: 4162: 4157: 4154: 4128: 4123: 4113: 4108: 4103: 4081: 4072: 4067: 4064: 4038: 4033: 4023: 4018: 4013: 3991: 3982: 3977: 3974: 3936: 3934: 3933: 3924: 3919: 3912: 3899: 3874: 3872: 3871: 3862: 3857: 3850: 3837: 3806: 3804: 3803: 3794: 3789: 3782: 3766: 3760: 3736: 3723: 3710: 3697: 3691: 3670: 3664: 3644: 3642: 3621: 3616: 3606: 3601: 3592: 3590: 3562: 3556: 3551:is the time averaged Poynting vector. If 3531: 3522: 3517: 3495: 3487: 3485: 3450: 3448: 3447: 3439: 3433: 3417: 3411: 3388: 3368: 3348: 3315: 3300: 3294: 3285: 3277: 3245: 3239: 3234: 3228: 3223: 3214: 3208: 3177: 3172: 3166: 3149: 3139: 3115: 3098: 3088: 3062: 3052: 3046: 3037: 3031: 3005: 2997: 2989: 2971: 2961: 2955: 2946: 2940: 2919: 2903: 2897: 2876: 2870: 2849: 2843: 2822: 2816: 2807:Cross sections commonly calculated using 2776: 2775: 2757: 2751: 2724:. The absorbance of the radiation is the 2656: 2650: 2616: 2603: 2590: 2578: 2547:of the particle, and it depends upon the 2413: 2408: 2407: 2392: 2387: 2377: 2372: 2352: 2339: 2308: 2303: 2302: 2288: 2283: 2282: 2276: 2240: 2234: 2233: 2225: 2220: 2219: 2209: 2208: 2200: 2190: 2184: 2178: 2168: 2158: 2127: 2117: 2114: 2112: 2025: 2017: 1997: 1989: 1979: 1973: 1944: 1927: 1919: 1917: 1844: 1838: 1837: 1812: 1811: 1782: 1772: 1769: 1767: 1735: 1726: 1711: 1702: 1683: 1678: 1676: 1675: 1666: 1658: 1604: 1598: 1565: 1560: 1558: 1557: 1548: 1539: 1533: 1474: 1455: 1450: 1448: 1447: 1438: 1429: 1423: 1322: 1321: 1313: 1312: 1292: 1282: 1279: 1273: 1268: 1255: 1250: 1235: 1234: 1223: 1213: 1210: 1201: 1189: 1095: 1069: 1062: 1041: 1012: 1002: 999: 997: 903: 902: 891: 881: 878: 869: 864: 834: 824: 821: 819: 606: 596: 584: 510: 500: 497: 495: 416: 388: 302: 294: 166:When a cross section is specified as the 87:Learn how and when to remove this message 8775:Scattering Theory of Waves and Particles 8562:(11). The Optical Society: 11428–11443. 8367: 8365: 2474:, where 1 b = 10 m = 100  1346:It is common to omit the "differential" 271:, and mean free path between collisions 50:This article includes a list of general 8306: 2680:{\displaystyle A_{\lambda }=Cl\sigma ,} 8737: 8655: 8643: 8320:The International System of Units (SI) 7168:{\displaystyle \theta =\pi -2\alpha .} 6284:Scattering of light on extended bodies 5934:{\textstyle \sigma _{\text{abs}}>0} 3637:, and the same for the magnetic field 449:cross section that is energy-dependent 7630:Scattering from a 3D spherical mirror 6643:Elastic collision of two hard spheres 5058:Then the cross sections are given by 370:of the target particles (SI unit: m). 115:. Cross section is typically denoted 7: 7041:Scattering from a 2D circular mirror 6833:. The differential cross section is 5941:), we have a particular case of the 1902:), and the type of interaction. For 107:is a measure of probability that an 6815:, an incident particle with charge 6396:of the light intensity through the 4671:{\textstyle k=n_{\text{host}}k_{0}} 8825:BNL – National Nuclear Data Center 8612:Compendium of Chemical Terminology 8191: 8187: 8179: 8175: 8165: 8090: 8086: 8076: 7950: 7941: 7924: 7920: 7886: 7877: 7800: 7776: 7765: 7727: 7699: 7597: 7533: 7521: 7511: 7392: 7382: 7338: 7326: 7316: 7299: 7250: 7214: 7199: 7104: 7080: 6857: 6683: 6252: 6237: 6029: 5979: 5807: 5638: 5216: 5154: 4593: 4570: 4410: 2132: 2128: 2118: 1787: 1783: 1773: 1690: 1572: 1462: 1323: 1314: 1297: 1293: 1283: 1240: 1236: 1228: 1224: 1214: 1056: 1053: 1017: 1013: 1003: 904: 896: 892: 882: 835: 825: 593: 586: 533: 511: 505: 501: 459:Attenuation of a beam of particles 56:it lacks sufficient corresponding 25: 8687:Introduction to quantum mechanics 8326:(8th ed.), pp. 127–28, 7754:while the impact area element is 3577:{\displaystyle W_{\text{a}}>0} 3023:The cross section is defined by 451:and hence also with well-defined 6978:{\displaystyle \varepsilon _{0}} 4876: 4829: 4807: 4789: 4279:vector spherical harmonics (VSH) 4249: 4229: 4214: 4194: 4158: 4124: 4104: 4068: 4034: 4014: 3978: 3937: 3920: 3875: 3858: 3807: 3790: 3645: 3617: 3602: 3593: 3532: 3518: 3488: 3451: 3440: 3229: 2388: 2373: 1736: 1712: 1667: 1549: 1439: 1375:Instead of the solid angle, the 358:between collisions (SI unit: m), 41: 8343:from the original on 2021-06-04 6725:and the total cross section is 4972: 4727: 4721: 3894: 3832: 2982: 8787:. Cambridge University Press. 8761:Introduction to Quantum Theory 8754:Relativistic Quantum Mechanics 8249:Linear attenuation coefficient 8244:Luminosity (scattering theory) 7789: 7783: 7227: 7221: 7134:, and the scattering angle is 6929: 6915: 6261: 6255: 6246: 6240: 6203: 6180: 6168: 6152: 6133: 6110: 6098: 6082: 6045: 6032: 5995: 5982: 5881: 5865: 5823: 5810: 5712: 5696: 5654: 5641: 5485: 5469: 5428: 5405: 5386: 5370: 5329: 5306: 5232: 5219: 5170: 5157: 4853: 4836: 4622: 4596: 4590: 4575: 4493: 4483: 4467: 4453: 4437: 4433: 4430: 4415: 3941: 3879: 3811: 3455: 3321: 3305: 3259: 3250: 3235: 3224: 2699:is the attenuation at a given 1833: 1821: 1805: 1793: 1740: 1732: 1716: 1708: 1687: 1679: 1671: 1663: 1595: 1583: 1569: 1561: 1553: 1545: 1459: 1451: 1443: 1435: 1087: 1075: 1035: 1023: 989:in particles per unit time by 851: 839: 558:is the total cross section of 180:integrated total cross section 32:Radar scattering cross section 1: 8875:Experimental particle physics 8446:10.1088/2040-8978/15/4/044004 6422:is the absorbance at a given 3203:the intensity is going to be 483:of the beam will decrease by 241:Collision among gas particles 8820:IAEA – Nuclear Data Services 8752:J. D. Bjorken, S. D. Drell, 8685:Griffiths, David J. (2005). 8254:Mass attenuation coefficient 4318:{\displaystyle \varepsilon } 3652:{\displaystyle \mathbf {H} } 3338:impedance of the host medium 2803:Cross section and Mie theory 2068:of the colliding system are 8716:. Mill Valley, California. 8132:The total cross section is 6467:) of the reciprocal of the 3192:{\displaystyle \left=\left} 3127:{\displaystyle \left=\left} 2885:{\textstyle Q_{\text{abs}}} 2831:{\textstyle Q_{\text{ext}}} 2736:) of the reciprocal of the 2463:of total cross sections is 762:is the solid angle element 725:. For a given interaction ( 668:spherical coordinate system 8926: 8766:W. Greiner, J. Reinhardt, 8617:Scattering cross section, 7909:In spherical coordinates, 6437:is the concentration as a 2858:{\textstyle Q_{\text{sc}}} 2509:and in the measurement of 2019:probability of interaction 1356:may be referred to as the 658:Differential cross section 462: 172:differential cross section 29: 8689:. Pearson Prentice Hall. 7061:be the angle between the 6530:Relation to physical size 6299:geometrical cross section 4678:. These are connected as 3659:. Thus, we can decompose 2545:geometrical cross section 644:is the initial flux, and 8815:Scattering Cross Section 8712:Taylor, John R. (2005). 8234:Cross section (geometry) 6455:of the radiation is the 2056:Relation to the S-matrix 1402:scattering, the initial 1146:The total cross section 105:Rutherford cross-section 18:Scattering cross section 8768:Quantum Electrodynamics 8633:10.1351/goldbook.S05490 8269:Gamma ray cross section 7002:{\displaystyle \theta } 235:plasmonic nanoparticles 71:more precise citations. 8372:Bajpai, P. K. (2008). 8217: 8123: 8053: 7964: 7900: 7745: 7620: 7446: 7352: 7169: 7118: 7031: 7003: 6979: 6949: 6784: 6716: 6607: 6520: 6383: 6274: 6224: 5935: 5900: 5731: 5562: 5499: 5239: 5052: 4884: 4815: 4768: 4672: 4629: 4574: 4500: 4414: 4339: 4319: 4299: 4268: 4143: 4053: 3960: 3746: 3680: 3653: 3631: 3578: 3545: 3471: 3397: 3377: 3357: 3330: 3266: 3193: 3128: 3074: 3017: 2929: 2886: 2859: 2832: 2789: 2681: 2629: 2424: 2253: 2046: 1857: 1750: 1628: 1493: 1358:integral cross section 1337: 1110: 915: 705: 628: 543: 443:a "gas" of low-energy 426: 324: 278: 8810:Nuclear Cross Section 8781:R. C. Fernow (1989). 8481:Nature Communications 8289:Rutherford scattering 8274:Partial wave analysis 8264:Nuclear cross section 8259:Neutron cross section 8218: 8124: 8054: 7965: 7901: 7746: 7621: 7447: 7353: 7170: 7119: 7032: 7004: 6980: 6950: 6813:Rutherford scattering 6807:Rutherford scattering 6785: 6717: 6625:is sometimes denoted 6608: 6521: 6384: 6275: 6225: 5936: 5901: 5732: 5563: 5500: 5240: 5053: 4885: 4816: 4769: 4673: 4630: 4554: 4501: 4394: 4340: 4320: 4300: 4269: 4144: 4054: 3961: 3747: 3686:into the three terms 3681: 3679:{\displaystyle W_{a}} 3654: 3632: 3579: 3546: 3472: 3398: 3378: 3358: 3331: 3267: 3194: 3129: 3075: 3018: 2930: 2887: 2860: 2833: 2790: 2682: 2630: 2511:atmospheric pollution 2425: 2268:matrix is defined by 2254: 2047: 1858: 1751: 1629: 1494: 1370:Rutherford scattering 1338: 1111: 916: 704: 629: 544: 427: 325: 248: 8870:Dimensional analysis 8777:. McGraw Hill, 1966. 8646:, pp. 564, 574. 8577:10.1364/oe.18.011428 8294:Scattering amplitude 8139: 8069: 7980: 7916: 7761: 7662: 7480: 7375: 7191: 7141: 7076: 7013: 6993: 6962: 6840: 6732: 6666: 6562: 6545:meteorological range 6539:Meteorological range 6481: 6451:. The extinction or 6331: 6234: 5948: 5912: 5741: 5572: 5509: 5248: 5062: 4894: 4825: 4785: 4682: 4639: 4509: 4349: 4338:{\displaystyle \mu } 4329: 4309: 4289: 4153: 4063: 3973: 3759: 3690: 3663: 3641: 3589: 3555: 3484: 3410: 3387: 3367: 3347: 3276: 3207: 3138: 3087: 3030: 2939: 2896: 2869: 2842: 2815: 2750: 2649: 2577: 2445:Dirac delta function 2275: 2111: 1916: 1766: 1657: 1645:scattering amplitude 1532: 1422: 1188: 996: 818: 583: 494: 455:between collisions. 387: 293: 259:, the cross section 8865:Physical quantities 8714:Classical mechanics 8568:2010OExpr..1811428N 8503:2014NatCo...5.3300B 8438:2013JOpt...15d4004B 8284:Radar cross-section 7560: 7506: 7037:Coulomb potential. 7030:{\displaystyle 1/r} 6987:vacuum permittivity 6308:total cross section 5758: 5589: 5557: 5539: 5296: 5278: 5110: 5092: 4325:, and permeability 4243: 4208: 4118: 4028: 2539:Scattering of light 2262:where the on-shell 1520:asymptotic behavior 1362:total cross section 1278: 1263: 877: 184:Rayleigh scattering 176:total cross section 8512:10.1038/ncomms4300 8213: 8119: 8049: 7960: 7896: 7741: 7739: 7616: 7543: 7489: 7442: 7348: 7165: 7114: 7027: 6999: 6975: 6945: 6780: 6712: 6603: 6516: 6463:or, more usually, 6379: 6320:, scattering, and 6270: 6220: 5931: 5896: 5744: 5727: 5575: 5558: 5543: 5525: 5495: 5282: 5264: 5235: 5096: 5078: 5048: 4880: 4811: 4764: 4668: 4625: 4496: 4335: 4315: 4295: 4264: 4227: 4192: 4139: 4102: 4049: 4012: 3956: 3742: 3676: 3649: 3627: 3574: 3541: 3467: 3393: 3373: 3353: 3326: 3262: 3189: 3124: 3070: 3013: 2925: 2882: 2855: 2828: 2785: 2732:or, more usually, 2677: 2625: 2516:The scattering of 2420: 2249: 2042: 2040: 1853: 1746: 1624: 1489: 1390:Quantum scattering 1333: 1264: 1246: 1106: 911: 860: 706: 624: 562:events, including 539: 422: 320: 279: 182:. 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8308: 8303: 8298: 8229: 8200: 8173: 8163: 8148: 8137: 8136: 8101: 8084: 8074: 8067: 8066: 8028: 8004: 7978: 7977: 7914: 7913: 7857: 7833: 7812: 7759: 7758: 7738: 7737: 7706: 7695: 7694: 7672: 7660: 7659: 7650: 7644: 7635: 7632: 7577: 7519: 7509: 7478: 7477: 7463: 7456: 7455:Its maximum at 7421: 7390: 7380: 7373: 7372: 7362: 7324: 7314: 7279: 7189: 7188: 7179: 7139: 7138: 7128: 7074: 7073: 7056: 7046: 7043: 7011: 7010: 6991: 6990: 6965: 6960: 6959: 6902: 6889: 6882: 6873: 6867: 6866: 6853: 6845: 6838: 6837: 6828: 6822: 6816: 6809: 6794: 6756: 6752: 6751: 6735: 6730: 6729: 6694: 6679: 6671: 6664: 6663: 6654: 6648: 6645: 6640: 6632: 6626: 6623: 6617: 6587: 6583: 6565: 6560: 6559: 6553: 6547: 6541: 6532: 6484: 6479: 6478: 6471: 6442: 6432: 6426: 6419: 6414: 6406: 6401: 6366: 6353: 6340: 6329: 6328: 6311: 6295: 6289: 6286: 6232: 6231: 6202: 6192: 6179: 6166: 6156: 6150: 6132: 6122: 6109: 6096: 6086: 6080: 6077: 6073: 6057: 6053: 6035: 6016: 6006: 5985: 5966: 5956: 5946: 5945: 5943:Optical theorem 5915: 5910: 5909: 5879: 5869: 5851: 5841: 5831: 5813: 5806: 5802: 5777: 5767: 5739: 5738: 5710: 5700: 5682: 5672: 5662: 5644: 5637: 5633: 5608: 5598: 5570: 5569: 5512: 5507: 5506: 5483: 5473: 5458: 5445: 5427: 5417: 5404: 5384: 5374: 5359: 5346: 5328: 5318: 5305: 5251: 5246: 5245: 5222: 5191: 5181: 5160: 5129: 5119: 5065: 5060: 5059: 5035: 5022: 5018: 5010: 4992: 4973: 4959: 4946: 4942: 4934: 4916: 4897: 4892: 4891: 4865: 4852: 4842: 4823: 4822: 4796: 4783: 4782: 4779: 4754: 4741: 4728: 4711: 4698: 4685: 4680: 4679: 4658: 4648: 4637: 4636: 4612: 4599: 4541: 4531: 4530: 4512: 4507: 4506: 4481: 4471: 4451: 4441: 4381: 4371: 4370: 4352: 4347: 4346: 4327: 4326: 4307: 4306: 4305:, permittivity 4287: 4286: 4247: 4212: 4191: 4187: 4156: 4151: 4150: 4122: 4101: 4097: 4066: 4061: 4060: 4032: 4011: 4007: 3976: 3971: 3970: 3918: 3908: 3895: 3856: 3846: 3833: 3788: 3778: 3762: 3757: 3756: 3732: 3719: 3706: 3693: 3688: 3687: 3666: 3661: 3660: 3639: 3638: 3615: 3600: 3587: 3586: 3558: 3553: 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1212: 1197: 1186: 1185: 1178: 1166: 1163: 1157: 1156: 1154: 1153: 1147: 1138: 1128: 1120: 1091: 1065: 1064: 1046: 1011: 1001: 994: 993: 978: 972: 960: 952: 949: 943: 942: 940: 939: 936: 930: 890: 880: 833: 823: 816: 815: 806: 804:azimuthal angle 791: 788: 782: 781: 779: 778: 763: 757: 738: 720: 714: 694:azimuthal angle 687: 677: 671: 660: 645: 642: 638: 602: 592: 581: 580: 571: 553: 509: 499: 492: 491: 484: 480: 470: 467: 461: 441:nuclear physics 404: 400: 399: 385: 384: 375: 361: 349: 337: 307: 291: 290: 272: 266: 260: 253: 243: 116: 93: 82: 76: 73: 63:Please help to 62: 46: 42: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 8923: 8921: 8913: 8912: 8907: 8902: 8897: 8892: 8887: 8882: 8877: 8872: 8867: 8862: 8860:Atomic physics 8852: 8851: 8848: 8847: 8842: 8837: 8832: 8827: 8822: 8817: 8812: 8805: 8804:External links 8802: 8800: 8799: 8793: 8778: 8773:R. 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Newton. 8771: 8764: 8757: 8750: 8722: 8709: 8695: 8681: 8679: 8676: 8673: 8672: 8670:, p. 409. 8668:Griffiths 2005 8660: 8658:, p. 576. 8648: 8636: 8622: 8599: 8556:Optics Express 8542: 8467: 8406: 8397: 8382: 8361: 8352: 8332: 8305: 8304: 8302: 8299: 8297: 8296: 8291: 8286: 8281: 8276: 8271: 8266: 8261: 8256: 8251: 8246: 8241: 8236: 8230: 8228: 8225: 8224: 8223: 8212: 8207: 8203: 8199: 8196: 8193: 8189: 8181: 8177: 8171: 8167: 8158: 8155: 8151: 8147: 8144: 8130: 8129: 8118: 8113: 8108: 8104: 8098: 8092: 8088: 8082: 8078: 8060: 8059: 8048: 8044: 8039: 8036: 8031: 8027: 8024: 8020: 8015: 8012: 8007: 8003: 8000: 7997: 7994: 7991: 7988: 7985: 7971: 7970: 7959: 7956: 7952: 7947: 7943: 7938: 7935: 7932: 7929: 7926: 7922: 7907: 7906: 7895: 7892: 7888: 7883: 7879: 7873: 7868: 7865: 7860: 7856: 7853: 7849: 7844: 7841: 7836: 7832: 7829: 7824: 7819: 7815: 7809: 7806: 7802: 7797: 7794: 7791: 7788: 7785: 7782: 7778: 7774: 7771: 7767: 7752: 7751: 7736: 7733: 7729: 7724: 7721: 7718: 7715: 7712: 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3813: 3809: 3802: 3792: 3785: 3781: 3777: 3774: 3765: 3735: 3731: 3722: 3718: 3709: 3705: 3696: 3673: 3669: 3647: 3619: 3614: 3604: 3599: 3595: 3573: 3570: 3561: 3539: 3534: 3530: 3525: 3520: 3514: 3510: 3507: 3502: 3499: 3494: 3490: 3478: 3477: 3466: 3463: 3457: 3453: 3446: 3442: 3436: 3432: 3428: 3425: 3416: 3392: 3372: 3352: 3323: 3318: 3314: 3310: 3307: 3303: 3297: 3293: 3289: 3284: 3281: 3261: 3258: 3255: 3252: 3248: 3242: 3237: 3231: 3226: 3222: 3213: 3187: 3180: 3165: 3161: 3157: 3148: 3144: 3122: 3114: 3110: 3106: 3101: 3097: 3093: 3081: 3080: 3061: 3055: 3051: 3045: 3040: 3036: 3012: 3004: 2996: 2988: 2985: 2981: 2970: 2964: 2960: 2954: 2949: 2945: 2922: 2918: 2914: 2911: 2902: 2875: 2848: 2821: 2804: 2801: 2796: 2795: 2784: 2779: 2774: 2771: 2768: 2765: 2760: 2756: 2694: 2688: 2687: 2676: 2673: 2670: 2667: 2664: 2659: 2655: 2636: 2635: 2624: 2615: 2611: 2602: 2598: 2589: 2585: 2582: 2540: 2537: 2482:units such as 2456: 2453: 2431: 2430: 2406: 2401: 2390: 2385: 2375: 2369: 2365: 2361: 2351: 2347: 2338: 2333: 2329: 2326: 2323: 2320: 2317: 2301: 2297: 2281: 2260: 2259: 2248: 2243: 2237: 2218: 2212: 2199: 2189: 2177: 2167: 2161: 2156: 2152: 2149: 2145: 2140: 2134: 2130: 2124: 2120: 2100: 2091: 2082: 2073: 2062:reduced masses 2057: 2054: 2053: 2052: 2037: 2032: 2029: 2024: 2016: 2013: 2011: 2009: 2004: 2001: 1988: 1978: 1972: 1969: 1967: 1965: 1962: 1961: 1958: 1955: 1952: 1943: 1939: 1936: 1934: 1926: 1922: 1921: 1892: 1883: 1864: 1863: 1852: 1847: 1841: 1835: 1832: 1829: 1826: 1823: 1820: 1815: 1810: 1807: 1804: 1801: 1798: 1795: 1789: 1785: 1779: 1775: 1757: 1756: 1745: 1742: 1738: 1734: 1729: 1725: 1721: 1718: 1714: 1710: 1705: 1701: 1692: 1689: 1686: 1681: 1673: 1669: 1665: 1662: 1635: 1634: 1623: 1618: 1613: 1610: 1607: 1603: 1597: 1594: 1591: 1588: 1585: 1582: 1574: 1571: 1568: 1563: 1555: 1551: 1547: 1542: 1538: 1500: 1499: 1488: 1483: 1480: 1477: 1473: 1464: 1461: 1458: 1453: 1445: 1441: 1437: 1432: 1428: 1391: 1388: 1344: 1343: 1332: 1329: 1325: 1320: 1316: 1311: 1308: 1305: 1299: 1295: 1289: 1285: 1276: 1271: 1267: 1261: 1258: 1253: 1249: 1245: 1242: 1238: 1230: 1226: 1220: 1216: 1207: 1204: 1200: 1196: 1193: 1173:over the full 1135:number density 1117: 1116: 1105: 1094: 1089: 1086: 1083: 1080: 1077: 1068: 1058: 1055: 1052: 1049: 1045: 1040: 1037: 1034: 1031: 1028: 1025: 1019: 1015: 1009: 1005: 976: 934: 923: 922: 910: 906: 898: 894: 888: 884: 875: 872: 867: 863: 859: 853: 850: 847: 844: 841: 837: 831: 827: 708: 707: 659: 656: 640: 635: 634: 623: 618: 615: 612: 609: 605: 599: 595: 591: 588: 550: 549: 538: 535: 532: 529: 526: 523: 517: 513: 507: 503: 460: 457: 453:mean free path 433: 432: 419: 414: 410: 407: 403: 398: 395: 392: 372: 371: 368:number density 359: 356:mean free path 347: 331: 330: 319: 313: 310: 306: 301: 298: 242: 239: 113:atomic nucleus 109:alpha particle 95: 94: 49: 47: 40: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 8922: 8911: 8908: 8906: 8903: 8901: 8898: 8896: 8893: 8891: 8888: 8886: 8883: 8881: 8878: 8876: 8873: 8871: 8868: 8866: 8863: 8861: 8858: 8857: 8855: 8846: 8843: 8841: 8838: 8836: 8833: 8831: 8828: 8826: 8823: 8821: 8818: 8816: 8813: 8811: 8808: 8807: 8803: 8796: 8790: 8786: 8785: 8779: 8776: 8772: 8769: 8765: 8762: 8758: 8755: 8751: 8747: 8741: 8733: 8729: 8725: 8723:1-891389-22-X 8719: 8715: 8710: 8706: 8702: 8698: 8696:0-13-111892-7 8692: 8688: 8683: 8682: 8677: 8669: 8664: 8661: 8657: 8652: 8649: 8645: 8640: 8637: 8634: 8630: 8626: 8621: 8614: 8613: 8608: 8603: 8600: 8595: 8591: 8587: 8583: 8578: 8573: 8569: 8565: 8561: 8557: 8553: 8546: 8543: 8538: 8534: 8530: 8526: 8522: 8518: 8513: 8508: 8504: 8500: 8495: 8490: 8486: 8482: 8478: 8471: 8468: 8463: 8459: 8455: 8451: 8447: 8443: 8439: 8435: 8430: 8425: 8422:(4): 044004. 8421: 8417: 8410: 8407: 8401: 8398: 8393: 8389: 8385: 8383:9788121926331 8379: 8375: 8368: 8366: 8362: 8356: 8353: 8339: 8335: 8333:92-822-2213-6 8329: 8322: 8321: 8316: 8310: 8307: 8300: 8295: 8292: 8290: 8287: 8285: 8282: 8280: 8277: 8275: 8272: 8270: 8267: 8265: 8262: 8260: 8257: 8255: 8252: 8250: 8247: 8245: 8242: 8240: 8239:Flow velocity 8237: 8235: 8232: 8231: 8226: 8210: 8205: 8201: 8197: 8194: 8169: 8156: 8153: 8149: 8145: 8142: 8135: 8134: 8133: 8116: 8111: 8106: 8102: 8096: 8080: 8065: 8064: 8063: 8046: 8042: 8037: 8034: 8029: 8025: 8022: 8018: 8013: 8010: 8005: 8001: 7998: 7995: 7992: 7989: 7986: 7983: 7976: 7975: 7974: 7957: 7954: 7945: 7936: 7933: 7930: 7927: 7912: 7911: 7910: 7893: 7890: 7881: 7871: 7866: 7863: 7858: 7854: 7851: 7847: 7842: 7839: 7834: 7830: 7827: 7822: 7817: 7813: 7807: 7804: 7795: 7792: 7786: 7780: 7772: 7769: 7757: 7756: 7755: 7734: 7731: 7722: 7719: 7716: 7713: 7710: 7708: 7703: 7691: 7688: 7685: 7682: 7679: 7676: 7674: 7669: 7658: 7657: 7656: 7653: 7647: 7641: 7638: 7629: 7613: 7610: 7607: 7604: 7601: 7591: 7586: 7583: 7578: 7574: 7571: 7566: 7563: 7556: 7553: 7548: 7544: 7540: 7537: 7525: 7515: 7502: 7499: 7494: 7490: 7486: 7483: 7476: 7475: 7474: 7472: 7466: 7459: 7439: 7435: 7430: 7427: 7422: 7418: 7415: 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6476: 6475: 6470: 6469:transmittance 6466: 6462: 6458: 6454: 6450: 6445: 6440: 6435: 6429: 6425: 6420: 6411: 6407: 6399: 6395: 6376: 6367: 6363: 6354: 6350: 6341: 6337: 6334: 6327: 6326: 6325: 6323: 6319: 6314: 6309: 6304: 6300: 6292: 6283: 6281: 6267: 6264: 6258: 6249: 6243: 6216: 6207: 6197: 6193: 6189: 6186: 6183: 6173: 6161: 6157: 6145: 6137: 6127: 6123: 6119: 6116: 6113: 6103: 6091: 6087: 6074: 6068: 6062: 6058: 6054: 6048: 6040: 6036: 6021: 6017: 6013: 6010: 6007: 6003: 5998: 5990: 5986: 5971: 5967: 5963: 5960: 5957: 5953: 5944: 5928: 5925: 5916: 5906: 5892: 5886: 5874: 5870: 5856: 5852: 5848: 5845: 5842: 5836: 5832: 5826: 5818: 5814: 5803: 5799: 5796: 5793: 5790: 5782: 5778: 5774: 5771: 5768: 5764: 5759: 5745: 5723: 5717: 5705: 5701: 5687: 5683: 5679: 5676: 5673: 5667: 5663: 5657: 5649: 5645: 5634: 5630: 5627: 5624: 5621: 5613: 5609: 5605: 5602: 5599: 5595: 5590: 5576: 5544: 5540: 5526: 5522: 5513: 5490: 5478: 5474: 5463: 5459: 5453: 5449: 5446: 5440: 5432: 5422: 5418: 5414: 5411: 5408: 5401: 5396: 5391: 5379: 5375: 5364: 5360: 5354: 5350: 5347: 5341: 5333: 5323: 5319: 5315: 5312: 5309: 5302: 5297: 5283: 5279: 5265: 5261: 5252: 5227: 5223: 5213: 5210: 5207: 5204: 5196: 5192: 5188: 5185: 5182: 5178: 5173: 5165: 5161: 5151: 5148: 5145: 5142: 5134: 5130: 5126: 5123: 5120: 5116: 5111: 5097: 5093: 5079: 5075: 5066: 5045: 5040: 5036: 5027: 5023: 5019: 5014: 5011: 5005: 5002: 4997: 4993: 4989: 4986: 4983: 4978: 4974: 4969: 4964: 4960: 4951: 4947: 4943: 4938: 4935: 4929: 4926: 4921: 4917: 4913: 4910: 4907: 4902: 4898: 4870: 4866: 4860: 4857: 4847: 4843: 4839: 4833: 4801: 4797: 4793: 4776: 4774: 4755: 4751: 4742: 4738: 4729: 4712: 4708: 4699: 4695: 4686: 4663: 4659: 4649: 4645: 4642: 4617: 4613: 4609: 4604: 4600: 4587: 4584: 4581: 4578: 4565: 4562: 4559: 4555: 4546: 4542: 4536: 4532: 4527: 4522: 4513: 4488: 4476: 4472: 4463: 4458: 4446: 4442: 4427: 4424: 4421: 4418: 4405: 4402: 4399: 4395: 4386: 4382: 4376: 4372: 4367: 4362: 4353: 4332: 4312: 4292: 4284: 4280: 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2810: 2802: 2800: 2782: 2772: 2769: 2766: 2763: 2758: 2754: 2746: 2745: 2744: 2739: 2738:transmittance 2735: 2731: 2727: 2723: 2718: 2712: 2706: 2702: 2697: 2674: 2671: 2668: 2665: 2662: 2657: 2653: 2645: 2644: 2643: 2641: 2622: 2613: 2609: 2600: 2596: 2587: 2583: 2580: 2573: 2572: 2571: 2569: 2565: 2561: 2556: 2554: 2550: 2546: 2538: 2536: 2533: 2523: 2519: 2514: 2512: 2508: 2504: 2500: 2496: 2491: 2489: 2485: 2481: 2477: 2473: 2468: 2466: 2462: 2459:Although the 2454: 2452: 2450: 2446: 2441: 2436: 2404: 2399: 2383: 2367: 2363: 2359: 2349: 2345: 2336: 2331: 2327: 2324: 2321: 2318: 2315: 2299: 2295: 2279: 2271: 2270: 2269: 2266: 2246: 2241: 2216: 2197: 2187: 2175: 2165: 2159: 2154: 2150: 2147: 2143: 2138: 2122: 2107: 2106: 2105: 2099: 2090: 2081: 2072: 2067: 2063: 2055: 2035: 2030: 2027: 2022: 2014: 2012: 2002: 1999: 1986: 1976: 1970: 1968: 1963: 1956: 1953: 1950: 1941: 1937: 1935: 1924: 1912: 1911: 1910: 1906: 1900: 1891: 1882: 1876: 1872: 1867: 1850: 1845: 1830: 1827: 1824: 1818: 1808: 1802: 1799: 1796: 1777: 1762: 1761: 1760: 1743: 1727: 1723: 1719: 1703: 1699: 1684: 1660: 1653: 1652: 1651: 1648: 1646: 1641: 1621: 1616: 1611: 1608: 1605: 1601: 1592: 1589: 1586: 1580: 1566: 1540: 1536: 1528: 1527: 1526: 1523: 1521: 1517: 1512: 1506: 1486: 1481: 1478: 1475: 1471: 1456: 1430: 1426: 1418: 1417: 1416: 1413: 1409: 1405: 1404:wave function 1401: 1398:formalism of 1397: 1389: 1387: 1385: 1380: 1378: 1373: 1371: 1365: 1363: 1359: 1354: 1349: 1330: 1327: 1318: 1309: 1306: 1303: 1287: 1274: 1269: 1265: 1259: 1256: 1251: 1247: 1243: 1218: 1205: 1202: 1198: 1194: 1191: 1184: 1183: 1182: 1181:steradians): 1176: 1161: 1150: 1144: 1141: 1136: 1131: 1126: 1103: 1092: 1084: 1081: 1078: 1066: 1050: 1047: 1043: 1038: 1032: 1029: 1026: 1007: 992: 991: 990: 986: 982: 975: 968: 964: 947: 933: 927: 908: 886: 873: 870: 865: 861: 857: 848: 845: 842: 829: 814: 813: 812: 809: 805: 799: 786: 775: 771: 767: 760: 754: 750: 746: 742: 736: 735:gravitational 732: 728: 723: 717: 713: 703: 699: 698: 697: 695: 690: 685: 680: 674: 669: 665: 657: 655: 653: 648: 621: 616: 613: 610: 607: 603: 597: 589: 579: 578: 577: 574: 569: 565: 561: 556: 536: 530: 527: 524: 521: 515: 490: 489: 488: 487:according to 479: 474: 466: 458: 456: 454: 450: 446: 442: 437: 417: 412: 408: 405: 401: 396: 393: 390: 383: 382: 381: 378: 369: 364: 360: 357: 352: 348: 345: 340: 336: 335: 334: 317: 311: 308: 304: 299: 296: 289: 288: 287: 284: 275: 269: 263: 257: 251: 247: 240: 238: 236: 231: 230:cross section 226: 224: 220: 216: 211: 208: 207:reaction rate 205:The measured 203: 200: 196: 192: 187: 185: 181: 177: 173: 169: 164: 162: 158: 154: 151: 147: 143: 139: 138:cross section 134: 132: 128: 124: 119: 114: 110: 106: 102: 101:cross section 91: 88: 80: 70: 66: 60: 59: 53: 48: 39: 38: 33: 19: 8910:Spectroscopy 8783: 8774: 8767: 8760: 8753: 8713: 8686: 8678:Bibliography 8663: 8651: 8639: 8619: 8610: 8602: 8559: 8555: 8545: 8484: 8480: 8470: 8419: 8415: 8409: 8400: 8373: 8355: 8345:, retrieved 8319: 8309: 8131: 8061: 7972: 7908: 7753: 7651: 7645: 7642: 7636: 7633: 7464: 7457: 7454: 7364: 7360: 7180: 7177: 7130: 7126: 7057: 7047: 7044: 6957: 6829: 6823: 6817: 6810: 6799: 6795: 6792: 6724: 6655: 6649: 6646: 6627: 6618: 6615: 6548: 6542: 6533: 6443: 6433: 6427: 6415: 6409: 6402: 6391: 6322:luminescence 6312: 6307: 6303:permittivity 6290: 6287: 5907: 4780: 4282: 4276: 3968: 3479: 3342: 3082: 2806: 2797: 2716: 2710: 2704: 2692: 2689: 2637: 2557: 2553:permittivity 2542: 2515: 2499:nephelometry 2492: 2469: 2458: 2439: 2432: 2264: 2261: 2097: 2088: 2079: 2070: 2059: 1904: 1898: 1889: 1880: 1868: 1865: 1758: 1649: 1639: 1636: 1524: 1519: 1515: 1510: 1504: 1501: 1411: 1393: 1381: 1374: 1366: 1361: 1357: 1352: 1345: 1159: 1148: 1145: 1139: 1129: 1118: 984: 980: 973: 966: 962: 959:at an angle 945: 931: 928: 924: 807: 800: 784: 773: 769: 765: 758: 752: 748: 744: 740: 721: 715: 709: 688: 683: 678: 672: 661: 646: 636: 572: 559: 554: 551: 472: 468: 438: 434: 376: 373: 362: 350: 338: 332: 280: 273: 267: 261: 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