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ab>c,c>de Does c have to be on-shell?

Asked by Fang Xu on 2019-10-02

Hi, I am a new user and considering some process like a b > c d, d >e f, where I should scan the mass M_d. And this will let d to be on-shell or off-shell.
But I find that when Ecm < M_d+M_c, if I use a b > c d, d > e f. I can still get some positive cross section which is weird I think.
(1) Does this mean that when I am writing x y > z, z>..... z is not forced on-shell?
(2) What is the difference if I use a b > d > c e f. instead of a b > c d, d > e f? I checked the cross section but they give me different value. At first I think thats just because "a b > c d, d > e f" means d is always on-shell and "a b > d > c e f" means d is always off-shell. But it seems this understanding is not right...

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Best Olivier Mattelaer (olivier-mattelaer) said : #1

HI

Please follow/read the following tutorial. This is one of the first point/exercise (solution are at the end of the tuto)

https://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/projects/madgraph/raw-attachment/wiki/Shanghai2015/Tutorial_shangai_basic_mg5.pdf

Cheers,

Olivier

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> Hi, I am a new user and considering some process like a b > c d, d >e f, where I should scan the mass M_d. And this will let d to be on-shell or off-shell.
> But I find that when Ecm < M_d+M_c, if I use a b > c d, d > e f. I can still get some positive cross section which is weird I think.
> (1) Does this mean that when I am writing x y > z, z>..... z is not forced on-shell?
> (2) What is the difference if I use a b > d > c e f. instead of a b > c d, d > e f? I checked the cross section but they give me different value. At first I think thats just because "a b > c d, d > e f" means d is always on-shell and "a b > d > c e f" means d is always off-shell. But it seems this understanding is not right...
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Fang Xu (xufang) said : #2

Thanks Olivier Mattelaer, that solved my question.