Pomeranchuk theorem
(also Pomeranchuk's theorem) Physics
noun
A theorem according to which the reaction cross-sections for a particle and for its antiparticle incident on the same target particle should approach the same constant value as the energy of the incident particle is increased.
- Proposed by Pomeranchuk in Zh. éksper. i teoret. Fiziki 34(1958) 725..
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in The Physical Review.
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