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tiger_striped_cat
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This should be an easy general question to someone out there. My "quarks and Leptons" book by Halzen and Martin introduces the term "phase space" 50 pages before the index reference, and never seems to define it.
What is phase space in this context?
Thanks
The decay
[tex]\psi(s\overline{s}) \longrightarrow K(q\overline{s}) + \overline{K}(\overline{q}s) [/tex]
with q= u,d is inhibited by lack of phase space while [tex] \phi \longrightarrow \pi\pi\pi [/tex] has plenty of phase space but requires annihilation of the [tex]s\overline{s}[/tex] pair.
What is phase space in this context?
Thanks