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3 Dec 2021
Given information
Given that a Higgs boson at rest decays into two tau leptons and is asked to find the kinetic energy of each tau.
rest mass of Higgs Boson; 
rest mass of tau particle; 
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
Half of the kinetic energy released, will be carried by each of the tau particles.
We can find the Q value as it is the difference in mass-energy of the two tau particles and the Higgs boson, and hence the released kinetic energy can be found.
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