Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-quantum-field-theory-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2021/1/b/iv/solution

For , the sole tree-level Feynman diagram has a Yukawa coupling interaction vertex producing an off-shell scalar field particle of four-momentum , followed by its cubic scalar field interaction vertex. Its invariant decay amplitude is
Two successive Yukawa coupling interaction vertices would change the fermion species twice and leave a , so they cannot produce this final state. Interchanging the two identical outgoing bosons does not create another Feynman diagram; the cubic factorial is already included in the Feynman rule. The integrated decay width instead includes the identical final-state symmetry factor .

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