Estimate the thickness of iron through which a beam of neutrinos with energy 200 GeV must travel

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Estimate the thickness of iron through which a beam of neutrinos with energy 200 GeV must travel if 1 in 109 of them is to interact. Assume that at high energies the neutrino–nucleon total cross-section is given approximately by σν ≈ 10−38Eν cm2 , where Eν is given in GeV. The density of iron is ρ = 7.9 g/cm3.

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Particle Physics

ISBN: 978-1118912164

4th Edition

Authors: Brian R. Martin, Graham Shaw

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