cross section
measure of probability that a specific process will take place in a collision of two particles
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cross section
Summary
cross section ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (250 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- cross section's GND ID is recorded as 4190024-8[2].
- cross section's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85034281[3].
- cross section's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11951137r[4].
- cross section's subclass of is recorded as physical quantity[5].
- cross section's subclass of is recorded as area[6].
- cross section's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 55896[7].
- cross section's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/023hm[8].
- cross section's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 539.758[9].
- cross section's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-10:2019 Quantities and units — Part 10: Atomic and nuclear physics[10].
- cross section's different from is recorded as cross-sectional area[11].
- cross section's defining formula is recorded as d\sigma ={\frac {dN}{j}}[12].
- cross section's ISQ dimension is recorded as \mathsf{L}^2[13].
- cross section's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].
- cross section's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 52234038[15].
- cross section's quantity symbol is recorded as \sigma[16].
- cross section's quantity symbol is recorded as a[17].
- cross section's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as square metre[18].
- cross section's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as barn[19].
- cross section's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007533512405171[20].
- cross section's QUDT quantity kind ID is recorded as CrossSection[21].
- cross section's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 05830445-n[22].
- cross section's IEV number is recorded as 113-06-38[23].
- cross section's IEV number is recorded as 395-01-23[24].
- cross section's IEV number is recorded as 881-04-03[25].
- cross section's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C52234038[26].
Why It Matters
cross section ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (250 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]