 Absorptive phase of a decay amplitude (source code)

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= Absorptive phase of a decay amplitude
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= Absorptive phase
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An <absorptive phase> arises from physical intermediate states or rescattering in a <decay amplitude>. For a pair of <CP symmetry> conjugate reactions with otherwise symmetric dynamics, this phase is the same in both amplitudes, whereas a <weak phase> changes sign. Their differing transformation laws allow interference to produce a <direct CP asymmetry>.

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