Neutron cross sectionIn nuclear physics, the concept of a neutron cross section is used to express the likelihood of interaction between an incident neutron and a target nucleus. The neutron cross section σ can be defined as the area in cm2 for which the number of neutron-nuclei reactions taking place is equal to the product of the number of incident neutrons that would pass through the area and the number of target nuclei. In conjunction with the neutron flux, it enables the calculation of the reaction rate, for example to derive the thermal power of a nuclear power plant.
LuminositéEn astronomie, la luminosité est la quantité totale d'énergie émise par unité de temps (le flux énergétique), par une étoile, une galaxie, ou n'importe quel autre objet céleste. Elle s'exprime en pratique en luminosité solaire ( = ). Le flux lumineux, qui mesure plus particulièrement l'émission en lumière visible, peut également s'exprimer sur une échelle logarithmique par la magnitude absolue. En astronomie, elle représente la quantité totale d'énergie rayonnée (dans le domaine de l'électromagnétisme) par unité de temps par un astre.
Total absorption spectroscopyTotal absorption spectroscopy is a measurement technique that allows the measurement of the gamma radiation emitted in the different nuclear gamma transitions that may take place in the daughter nucleus after its unstable parent has decayed by means of the beta decay process. This technique can be used for beta decay studies related to beta feeding measurements within the full decay energy window for nuclei far from stability.
Particle showerIn particle physics, a shower is a cascade of secondary particles produced as the result of a high-energy particle interacting with dense matter. The incoming particle interacts, producing multiple new particles with lesser energy; each of these then interacts, in the same way, a process that continues until many thousands, millions, or even billions of low-energy particles are produced. These are then stopped in the matter and absorbed. There are two basic types of showers.
