 Decay-rate asymmetry (source code)

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= Decay-rate asymmetry
{title2=$\mathcal R=(\Gamma_1-\Gamma_2)/(\Gamma_1+\Gamma_2)$}

The normalized difference of two <decay rates>. An asymmetry between different final states is not automatically a test of <CP violation>; the physical meaning depends on which rates are compared.

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