1 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 1 : Lorentz Transformations all slides are from PDG booklet (by permission)

2 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 2: CM energy and Momentum

3 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 3: Lorentz invariant amplitudes

4 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 4: Particle decays – survival probabilities

5 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 5: two body decays

6 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 6: three body decays

7 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 7: three body decays (cont.) & kinematic limits

8 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 8: multi-body decays

9 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 9: cross sections

10 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 10: two body reactions

11 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 11: two body reactions (cont.)

12 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 12: inclusive reactions

13 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 13: inclusive reactions (cont.)

14 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 14: inclusive reactions (cont.)

15 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 15: partial waves

16 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 16: partial waves (cont.)

17 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 17: resonances

18 Rene Bellwied, PHY 8800, Winter 2007 Kinematics 18: resonances (cont.)