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    1) Charge conjugation symmetry requires the minimal number of photons in positronium decay to be even for parapositronium (S=0) and odd for orthopositronium (S=1). 2) For positronium decay with L=0 into the minimum number of photons, the total spin of the photons must be S'=0 and the total orbital momentum must be L'=0 as they are constrained by space reflection symmetry, angular momentum conservation, and Bose statistics of photons. 3) Proton-antiproton annihilation into two η0 mesons can only occur if the total angular momentum of the system is Lpp=0 and the total spin is Spp

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    1) Charge conjugation symmetry requires the minimal number of photons in positronium decay to be even for parapositronium (S=0) and odd for orthopositronium (S=1). 2) For positronium decay with L=0 into the minimum number of photons, the total spin of the photons must be S'=0 and the total orbital momentum must be L'=0 as they are constrained by space reflection symmetry, angular momentum conservation, and Bose statistics of photons. 3) Proton-antiproton annihilation into two η0 mesons can only occur if the total angular momentum of the system is Lpp=0 and the total spin is Spp

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    Problem B. Implications of Discrete Symmetries in Elementary Particle Physics

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    1) Charge conjugation symmetry requires the minimal number of photons in positronium decay to be even for parapositronium (S=0) and odd for orthopositronium (S=1). 2) For positronium decay with L=0 into the minimum number of photons, the total spin of the photons must be S'=0 and the total orbital momentum must be L'=0 as they are constrained by space reflection symmetry, angular momentum conservation, and Bose statistics of photons. 3) Proton-antiproton annihilation into two η0 mesons can only occur if the total angular momentum of the system is Lpp=0 and the total spin is Spp

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    Problem B. Implications of Discrete Symmetries in Elementary Particle Physics.

    1. Consider the positronium atom (e+e ) at rest in a state je+e ; L; S > with orbital
    momentum L and spin S. The P- and C- parities of this state are respectively equal to
    P (e+ e ) = ( 1)L+1 and C (e+ e ) = ( 1)L+S :

    UP je+e ; L; S >= P (e+e ) je+e ; L; S >;


    UC je+e ; L; S >= C (e+e ) je+e ; L; S >;
    where UP and UC are the unitary operators of space re ection and charge conjugation.
    i) What are the constraints the charge conjugation symmetry of the electromagnetic in-
    teraction imposes on the electromagnetic decay of the positronium atom in a state je+e ; L; S >
    into n photons, je+e ; L; S >! n ? What is the minimal value of n in the cases of S = 0
    (parapositronium) and S = 1 (orthopositronium)?
    ii) Consider the case of decay of positronium in a state with L = 0 into the minimal
    allowed number, nmin , of photons:
    je+e ; 0; S > ! nmin :
    What are the allowed values of the total spin S and the total orbital momentum L of
    the photons in the nal state? (Use the constraints following from the space-re ection
    symmetry, angular momentum conservation and the fact that the photons are bosons.)
    2. Consider the strong interaction mediated annihilation of a proton p and antiproton
    p into n pseudo-scalar  0 mesons:

    p + p ! n 0 :

    Denoting the total angular momentum and the total spin of the p{p system by Lpp and Spp,
    nd for which values of Lpp  2 and Spp annihilation into two 0 mesons can take place.
    (Use the constraints following from the charge conjugation and space re ection symmetries
    of the strong interaction and the fact that C (0 ) = 1.)

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