Three-body threshold phase space
ID: three-body-threshold-phase-space
For three massive daughters with a smooth nonzero decay amplitude at the decay threshold, the integrated Lorentz-invariant phase space vanishes as , where is the parent's mass minus the sum of daughter masses. The spatial Dirac delta function leaves six independent momentum coordinates. Rescaling each by contributes , while the conservation of energy Dirac delta function contributes . The factors are smooth nonzero constants at the decay threshold. Thus the decay width also scales as when the decay amplitude has a nonzero constant term. A vanishing decay amplitude, a massless daughter, or a threshold singularity can change this law. In three spatial dimensions the same argument gives for massive daughters.
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