Equation 4 · Part 1 · What a Particle Detector Actually Measures
Symbol B
What this part means
the field.
Its job in the formula
B is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Full expression→Symbol B→Article meaning
Where the article explains it
Here s is the sagitta, B the field, the path length in the field and p the momentum [ 2 ] .
The passage around this formula
Here s is the sagitta, B the field, the path length in the field and p the momentum [ 2 ] . Two consequences follow directly and are worth stating plainly, because they explain most of the architecture of a collider detector.
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A variable is a named place for a value. Its letter is a local label: x can mean position in one formula and a data point in another.
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