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ID: past-exam-of-the-symmetry-and-relativity-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2015/3/c/solution
Past exam of the symmetry and relativity course of the University of Oxford 2015 3 c Solution by
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Choose the kaon momentum along and the first pion along . Momentum conservation givesBoth pions have mass . Apply the on-shell condition to the second pion, using :Substitute and . The equal daughter masses cancel, leavingWith the supplied rest energies and MeV,The second pion travels below the parent axis, atReflection in the axis gives the equivalent opposite-sign configuration. The condition requires MeV for this perpendicular first-pion geometry. The given MeV lies within that range; the geometry cannot be extrapolated to an arbitrarily boosted kaon.
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