Distinguishable scalar scattering by a shared mediator

ID: distinguishable-scalar-scattering-by-a-shared-mediator

For three real scalar fields with field interaction term and mediator mass , the connected tree-level Feynman diagram for has one exchanged and Mandelstam invariant . Each vertex has a factor : its two identical-field Wick contractions cancel the factor . Thus . There is no - or -channel at this order because the interaction has no mixed vertex. Distinguishable external particles also require no exchange symmetrization.

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