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Scattering is a general term for several physical processes in which radiation of some sort changes direction due to an interaction with a particle. Scattering can be classified by the type of radiation (ie, electromagnetic, x-ray, neutron), or by the relative sizes of the wave and the particle (ie, Rayleigh, Mie, geometric).

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Possible Mandelstam $s$-values

Assume $\phi\phi\rightarrow \phi\phi$ scattering. Mandelstam variable $s=(p_1+p_2)^2$. In center of mass frame $s=(E_1+E_2)^2=4E^2$. In non-relativistic limit $s \approx 4m^2$. …
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