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But isn't the cross section dependent upon what is interacting with them? Like, my understanding is that the cross section of hafnium is massive with respect to
by dr_dshiv 5y ago
But isn't the cross section dependent upon what is interacting with them? Like, my understanding is that the cross section of hafnium is massive with respect to neutron capture, but not with respect to photons.
- whatshisface 5y agoAlthough the size isn't simply the square root of the cross section, you've hit on a truth that you'd get different sizes if you were asking about the distributions of different things.