In scattering theory and accelerator physics, luminosity (L) is the ratio of the number of events detected (dN) in a certain period of time (dt) to the cross-section (σ):[1]
It has the dimensions of events per time per area, and is usually expressed in the cgs units of cm−2·s−1 or the non-SI units of b−1·s−1. In practice, L is dependent on the particle beam parameters, such as beam width and particle flow rate, as well as the target properties, such as target size and density.[1]
A related quantity is integrated luminosity (Lint), which is the integral of the luminosity with respect to time:[1]
The luminosity and integrated luminosity are useful values to characterize the performance of a particle accelerator. In particular, all collider experiments aim to maximize their integrated luminosities, as the higher the integrated luminosity, the more data is available to analyze.[1]
Examples of collider luminosity
editHere are a few examples of the luminosity of certain accelerators.[1]
| Collider | Interaction | L (cm−2·s−1) |
|---|---|---|
| SPS | p + p | 6.0×1030 |
| Tevatron[2] | p + p | 4.0×1032 |
| HERA | p + e+ | 4.0×1031 |
| LEP | e− + e+ | 1.0×1032 |
| PEP | e− + e+ | 3.0×1033 |
| KEKB[3] | e− + e+ | 2.1×1034 |
| SuperKEKB[4] | e− + e+ | 2.4×1034 |
| LHC[5] | p + p | 2.1×1034 |
| LHC[6] | p + Pb | 8.5×1029 |
| LHC[6] | Pb + Pb | 6.1×1027 |
| HL-LHC[7] | p + p | 5.0×1034 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Herr, W.; Muratori, B. (2006). "Concept of luminosity" (PDF). In Brandt, D. (ed.). CERN Accelerator School: Intermediate Course on Accelerator Physics, Zeuthen, Germany, 15-26 Sep 2003. CERN. pp. 361–378. doi:10.5170/CERN-2006-002. ISBN 978-92-9083-267-6.
- ^ Tevatron sets new initial luminosity records, Fermilab Today news archive
- ^ Tetsuo Abe et al.: Achievements of KEKB. In: Prog. Theor. Exp. Phys. 03A001, 2013, pp. 1–18, doi:10.1093/ptep/pts102.
- ^ "SuperKEKB collider achieves the world's highest luminosity". 26 June 2020.
- ^ LHC Report: The LHC is full!
- ^ a b Heavy-Ion Operation of HL-LHC!
- ^ "Vol. 10 (2020): High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC): Technical design report". e-publishing.cern.ch. Retrieved 2022-11-30.