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Two-body decay threshold (M≥m1​+m2​)

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In the rest frame of the parent particle, four-momentum conservation requires M=E1​+E2​≥m1​+m2​. For two equal masses the daughter momentum magnitude is 21​M2−4m2​; the two-body decay phase space closes at M=2m. For a finite constant decay amplitude, the decay width tends to zero at this threshold.

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