Timeline for Understanding scattering cross section
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| Feb 4, 2016 at 15:54 | vote | accept | plzhelp | ||
| Feb 3, 2016 at 15:57 | comment | added | rob♦ | The probability of finding the incident particle somewhere (neglecting absorption or decay or whatnot) is 1. However the cross section isn't a probability --- for one thing probabilities are dimensionless, while cross sections have units of area. As Jon Custer points out, it's possible for a total integrated cross section to be infinite. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 5:28 | comment | added | plzhelp | Ok thanks! So just to clarify performing the integral over all solid angles will in fact give 1? | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 4:53 | history | answered | rob♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |