Both Griffiths QM (P397) and our old classical mechanics bok (p365) describe luminosity (which I just knew as intensity or flux density). L=number of particles per unit area per unit time. We discussed it last semester when talking about scattering cross sections.
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You can find further details how the luminosity for the LHC is defined here.