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Graphic Method for Arbitrary $n$-body Phase Space

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-02-16 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

In quantum field theory, the phase space integration is an essential part in all theoretical calculations of cross sections and decay widths. It is also needed for computing the imaginary part of a physical amplitude. A key problem is to get the phase space formula expressed in terms of any chosen invariant masses in an nn-body system. We propose a graphic method to quickly get the phase space formula of any given invariant masses intuitively for an arbitrary nn-body system in general DD-dimensional spacetime, with the involved momenta in any reference frame. The method also greatly simplifies the phase space calculation just as what Feynman diagrams do in calculating scattering amplitudes.

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@article{arxiv.2005.01942,
  title  = {Graphic Method for Arbitrary $n$-body Phase Space},
  author = {Hao-Jie Jing and Chao-Wei Shen and Feng-Kun Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.01942},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

More explanations, generalization to the general spacetime dimensions included

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