Relative velocity in special relativity and quantum field theory
Abstract
A derivation of the relative velocity used in the definition of the relativistic cross-section is given in terms of manifestly Lorentz invariant quantities. Along the way we find that there is a certain arbitrariness in the usual definition of cross-section.
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