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kaksmet
Jul1-10, 03:23 AM
Can anyone see whats not right?

In the phase space calculation of a 2 to 2 process I get to
I=\int dp_1d\Omega \frac{1}{(2\pi)^2}\frac{p_1^2}{2E_12E_2}\delta(E_1 +E_2-E)

then I use
p_1=\sqrt{E_1^2+m_1^2} \Rightarrow dp_1=\frac{E_1}{\sqrt{E_1^2+m_1^2}}dE_1

thus
I = \int dE_1d\Omega \frac{1}{(2\pi)^2}\frac{E_1^2-m_1^2}{2E_12E_2}\frac{E_1}{\sqrt{E_1^2-m_1^2}}\delta(E_1+E_2-E)
=\int d\Omega \frac{\sqrt{E_1^2-m_1^2}}{16\pi^2E_2}

=\int d\Omega \frac{|p_1|}{16\pi^2E_2}

However, this is the right answer, which should be
\int d\Omega \frac{|p_1|}{16\pi^2E_{CM}}


All ideas greatly appreciated

kaksmet
Jul1-10, 03:39 AM
Problem sovled. Misstake was that E_2 is a function of E_1 so I cannot directly use the delta function. Taking this into account the correct answer is obtained.