Colliding beams + luminosity

Layer 1 — Physicsin the accelerator-physics subtree

Touschek 1960 AdA collider; L = N1 N2 f_rev / (4 pi sigma_x sigma_y); LHC achieved 2.1 x 10^34 cm^-2 s^-1; brightness optimization via beta* squeezing + crab-crossing.

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