Preferred Label : impact parameter;
Detailed label : impact parameter, b;
IUPAC definition : In simple hard sphere collision theory the distance of closest approach that would
result for two particles in a collision if the particle trajectories were undeflected
by the collision.;
Origin ID : I02987;
See also
In simple hard sphere collision theory the distance of closest approach that would
result for two particles in a collision if the particle trajectories were undeflected
by the collision.