Phase Space Factor for Two-Body Decay if One Product is a Stable Tachyon
arXiv:0801.1957
Abstract
We calculate the phase space factor for a two-body decay in which one of the products is a tachyon. Two threshold conditions, a lower and an upper one, are derived in terms of the masses of the particles and the speed of a preferred frame. Implicit in the derivation is a consistently formulated quantum field theory of tachyons in which spontaneous Lorentz symmetry breaking occurs. The result is to be contrasted with a parallel calculation by Hughes and Stephenson, which, however, implicitly adheres to strict Lorentz invariance of the underlying quantum field theory and produces the conclusion that there is no threshold for this process.
arXiv comment15 pages; LaTeX; corrected terminology ("phase _space_ factor") & improved wording in Intro. and Concl
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