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Past exam of the particle and nuclear physics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 Paper 1 3 b Solution by
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Use the same leading-order assumptions as in part a. Let , so the partial widths are times their mass-squared and colour weights. The stated three-channel branching sum fixesThe Higgs branching-fraction normalization from mass-weighted channels therefore givesNo numerical value of is needed. At resonance, and , neglecting the incident muon mass in the kinematic factor. The peak resonance cross section and branching fractions relation givesUse the supplied rounded , rather than silently substituting a different conversion:This is the ideal unsmeared peak for the simplified inputs, not a beam-averaged collider event rate. Finite energy spread, radiation, polarization and radiative corrections require additional treatment.
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