On July 4, 2012, the discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider was announced.

Question:

On July 4, 2012, the discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider was announced. During the data-taking run, the I.HC reached a peak luminosity of 4.00 • 1033 cm-2 s-1 (this means that in an area of 1 square centimeter, 4.00-1033 protons collided every second). Assume that the cross section for the production of the Higgs boson in these proton-proton collisions is 1.00 pb (picobarn). If the LHC accelerator ran without interruption for 1.00 yr at this luminosity, how many Higgs bosons would be produced?
Fantastic news! We've Found the answer you've been seeking!

Step by Step Answer:

Related Book For  book-img-for-question

University Physics With Modern Physics

ISBN: 978-0073513881

2nd edition

Authors: Wolfgang Bauer, Gary Westfall

Question Posted: