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what is the difference between luminosity, Intensity and flux in particle physics? Some time people use them in similar meanings.
Luminosity, Intensity and flux
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminosity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensity_(physics)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux
Luminosity is relevant for the collision rates, intensity can be relevant for heat, and flux can be relevant for particle detectors (and their occupancy) and radiation damage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensity_(physics)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux
Luminosity is relevant for the collision rates, intensity can be relevant for heat, and flux can be relevant for particle detectors (and their occupancy) and radiation damage.
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