What is the mass and lifetime of the φ meson?

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An electron and a positron are collided head on such that all their energy is used to produce a φmeson. The number of observed φ mesons is found to be inversely proportional to (E−E0)+Γ2/4. where E is the total centre of mass collision energy, E0=1019 MeV and Γ=4.26MeV

What is the mass and lifetime of the
φmeson?


Hi feeling rather frustrated with this question, not sure where to start really! any advice would be most appreciated! thanks
 
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That expression isn't correct. The units don't work out.

Hint: Look up the Breit-Wigner distribution.
 
OK so this is how far I got with this one...

found the mean lifetime using

\tau=(h/2\pi)/\Gamma

This gave me a value of 1.5x10-22

Is that correct?

also still stumped on how to find the mass...
 
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