How is energy conserved in particle decay?

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The law of conservation of energy states that energy must be conserved no matter what. So, how is it conserved in the decay process of elementary particles. For example, if a top quark ( Mass: 173.1 GeV/c2) decays into a bottom quark ( Mass: 4.18 GeV/c2) and w Boson ( Mass: 80.433 GeV/c2). If the Mass of the output isn’t equal to the Mass of the input then where did the “energy” go?

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Either gamma rays (EM radiation), or momentum (the particles are yeeted out of the decay at healthy fractions of lightspeed).

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