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Past exam of the quantum field theory course of the University of Oxford 2021 1 d Solution by
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The printed integration labels need correction. The parent's four-momentum is fixed, so the two Lorentz-invariant phase-space measures must integrate and , rather than the printed and . Write and , . The physical decay width isThe spatial Dirac delta function sets . Performing the angular integral in spherical coordinates, with , gives the integrated two-body decay phase spaceThe positive root is . Since , the Dirac delta function integration yields . ThusThe two final particles have different species, so there is no identical final-state symmetry factor. The result tends to as and vanishes at the two-particle decay threshold.
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