Talk:Absorption cross section

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[edit] Comment about proposed deletion

I meant to correct the misspelling and neglected to do so because the link from which I created this page was misspelled, namely, at nuclear cross section. From that point of view, the proper thing to do would be to move this page to Absorption cross section and then correct the misspelling at nuclear cross section. And the redirect of absorption cross section to absorption spectrum should be eliminated. I base this argument entirely on the consideration of content. A redirection to absorption spectrum is definitely inappropriate in the context of the probability of neutrons or other particles being absorbed by the nucleus, because absorption spectrum deals entirely with electromagnetic radiation. As applied to photons being absorbed by ozone (for example), "absorption cross section" also refers to a probability of absorption (as with neutrons) rather than the inverse of emission spectrum -- which is the meaning of absorption spectrum.

My preference is to correct the misspelling (and make the move) and the redirection rather than have the proposed deletion. But I will leave the matter open to discussion for now. --Ben Best 16:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I've moved this article to Absorption cross section, per the request at WP:RM. Cheers. -GTBacchus^(talk) 18:54, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting removal of reference to photons

I am reverting the edit that removed the preference to photons [1] made by Shahbaznihal. In the context of ozone shielding of ultraviolet light I cannot see how the particles would be anything other than photons. Please explain if I am missing something. --Ben Best 16:19, 21 February 2007 (UTC)