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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=scattering_theory">scattering theory</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Particle_accelerator">accelerator physics</a>, <b>luminosity</b> (L) is the ratio of the number of <a href="page.php?w=event_%28particle_physics%29">events</a> detected (dN) in a certain period of time (dt) to the <a href="page.php?w=Cross_section_%28physics%29">cross-section</a> (&sigma;):<br/>
:It has the dimensions of events on time on area, and is usually expressed in the <a href="page.php?w=cgs">cgs</a> units of <a href="page.php?w=centimetre">cm</a><sup>-2</sup>·<a href="page.php?w=second">s</a><sup>-1</sup></p><p>
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