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Past exam of the theoretical physics major option course of the University of Oxford 2015 6 a Solution by
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Evaluate the two-body Lorentz-invariant phase space in the decaying particle's rest frame, . The spatial delta function sets . Both massless particles have energy , leavingHere the factor in the second equality is the Jacobian of the energy delta function. Integrating the solid angle gives . If the decay is isotropic, the squared amplitude is angle independent, soThis uses distinguishable final particles or an amplitude/phase-space convention with any required identical-particle symmetry factor already included. Two genuinely identical final bosons require an additional if the full angular domain is integrated without such a factor. The complex particle and antiparticle in the following parts are distinct, so no such division is required there.
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