  An analytical solution for the time evolution of decay of two identical non
interacting quantum particles seated initially within a potential of finite
range is derived using the formalism of resonant states. It is shown that the
wave function, and hence also the survival and nonescape probabilities, for
factorized symmetric and entangled symmetric/antisymmetric initial states
evolve in a distinctive form along the exponentially decaying and
nonexponential regimes. Our findings show the influence of the Pauli exclusion
principle on decay. We exemplify our results by solving exactly the s-wave
delta shell potential model.
