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absorption cross section

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absorption cross section [əb′sȯrp·shən ¦krȯs ′sek·shən]
(electromagnetism)
In radar, the ratio of the amount of power removed from a beam by absorption of radio energy by a target to the power in the beam incident upon the target.


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Since cold neutrons will depolarize in a liquid deuterium target in which the scattering cross section is much larger than the absorption cross section, it will be necessary to quantify the loss of polarization before capture.
The neutron absorption cross section [sigma] is inversely proportional to neutron velocity, and therefore proportional to the neutron's deBroglie wavelength [lambda].
 
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