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How to define physical properties of unstable particles

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arxiv 0910.4280 v1 pith:GK2VPJUQ submitted 2009-10-22 hep-ph

How to define physical properties of unstable particles

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In the framework of effective quantum field theory we address the definition of physical quantities characterizing unstable particles. With the aid of a one-loop calculation, we study this issue in terms of the charge and the magnetic moment of a spin-1/2 resonance. By appealing to the invariance of physical observables under field redefinitions we demonstrate that physical properties of unstable particles should be extracted from the residues at complex (double) poles of the corresponding S-matrix.

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