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Re: Something related to the Collision of Protons

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Odd Bodkin wrote:

> On 10/30/2015 3:06 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Odd Bodkin wrote:
>>> On 10/30/2015 12:44 PM, Bobby Sifuentes wrote:
>>>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>>>> The energy of a proton is 7 TeV.
>>>>> No, it is not.  That is the *collision* energy coming from at least
>>>>> *two* colliding protons.
>>>> Well, would be quite impossible to collide a proton alone. What is the
>>>> cross-section of a proton?
>>>
>>> Most of the time this is talked about as a "differential" cross section,
>>> where this means essentially the rate of scattering where the incoming
>>> particle is scattered by a particular angle.
>>> […]
>>
>> Congratulations, you actually managed to top the stupidity of the
>> question of the ’nym-shifting troll with a wrong answer that has nothing
>> to do with it.
> 
> Do tell
> http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.1395
> http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.5689
> The total proton cross section is a combination of the inelastic and
> elastic cross sections.

If only you knew what you are talking about.  The papers you cite speak of 
“proton-proton cross section” and “p+p reactions”.  The ‘nym-shifting troll 
asked about the “cross-section of a [single] proton”.  Granted, that is a 
stupid question, but it does not mean that your answer has to be equally 
stupid.

> What would you suggest as a primer for elastic cross sections?

I would suggest to you that you learn to read first.


PointedEars
-- 
Q: What happens when electrons lose their energy?  
A: They get Bohr'ed.

(from: WolframAlpha)

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Something related to the Collision of Protons Bobby Sifuentes <bobsif@academicinstitute.org> - 2015-10-30 17:44 +0000
  Re: Something related to the Collision of Protons Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 14:11 -0500
    Re: Something related to the Collision of Protons Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-30 21:06 +0100
      Re: Something related to the Collision of Protons Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 15:35 -0500
        Re: Something related to the Collision of Protons Bobby Sifuentes <bobsif@academicinstitute.org> - 2015-10-30 20:49 +0000
        Re: Something related to the Collision of Protons Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-30 22:15 +0100
          Re: Something related to the Collision of Protons Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 16:31 -0500
            Re: Something related to the Collision of Protons Bobby Sifuentes <bobsif@academicinstitute.org> - 2015-10-30 21:52 +0000
          Re: Something related to the Collision of Protons Bobby Sifuentes <bobsif@academicinstitute.org> - 2015-10-30 21:59 +0000
      Re: Something related to the Collision of Protons Bobby Sifuentes <bobsif@academicinstitute.org> - 2015-10-30 20:47 +0000
      Re: Something related to the Collision of Protons Bobby Sifuentes <bobsif@academicinstitute.org> - 2015-10-30 20:54 +0000

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