Moliere radius
Topic: Physics
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A characteristic constant of a material describing its electromagnetic interaction properties, and related to the radiation length by
with X0 the radiation length and Z the atomic number. 
is a good scaling variable in describing the transverse dimension of electromagnetic showers. For more discussion, 
also Barnett96.
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