 Collider luminosity (source code)

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= Collider luminosity
{title2=$dN/dt=L\sigma$}

The beam-overlap factor $L$ relating a reaction's <cross section> $\sigma$ to its ideal production rate $dN/dt$. Integrated <collider luminosity> $\mathcal L=\int L\,dt$ has units of inverse area and gives the expected production count $\mathcal L\sigma$ when $\sigma$ is constant.

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