Identical-particle factor in a final-state phase-space integral

ID: identical-particle-factor-in-a-final-state-phase-space-integral

When the full Lorentz-invariant phase-space measure treats identical final particles as labeled, each physical final configuration is counted times. The unlabelled relativistic scattering cross-section therefore includes . For two identical scalars, this divides the full-angle result by two; equivalently, integrate over a region containing only one representative of each exchanged pair.

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