Decay Rates and Cross Sections

15 Fevereiro 2021, 11:30 Nuno Barros

Replaced by theory class to create necessary advance to allow the students to solve exercises at home to the next TP class.

  • Review of Special Relativity
  • Mandelstam variables
  • Dirac Delta Funcion
  • Fermi's Golden Rule
    • Non-relativistic formulation
    • Phase space and wavefunction normalization
    • Lorentz invariant formulation
  • Particle decays and respective cross section
  • Interaction cross section in centre of mass frame
  • Interaction cross section in lab frame