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Past exam of the particle physics course of the University of Oxford 2017 3 c Solution by
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Restore the unit conversion in the phase,Equivalently use mass units and energies in , with . The numerical conversion factor isThusThe familiar coefficient uses in metres and in MeV, or kilometres and GeV; it would be a factor of one thousand too small with the units requested here.[ref]
Review of Particle Physics by Particle Data Group (2022). Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations, equation (14.40): the coefficient 1.267 uses metres per MeV
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