Peak and integrated resonance width dependence
ID: peak-and-integrated-resonance-width-dependence
At fixed entrance and exit partial decay widths, a resonance's peak cross section is proportional to their product divided by the square of its total width. Integrating a narrow Lorentzian over energy supplies one factor of the total width, leaving an inverse first power. Extracting a width from a peak ratio therefore differs from extracting it from an integrated ratio.
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