Studying a strongly interacting electroweak sector via longitudinal gauge-boson scattering at a muon collider
- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)
- Physics Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (United States)
- Physics Department, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (United States)
We discuss the excellent prospects for a detailed study of a strongly interacting electroweak sector at a muon collider with a c.m. energy {radical}(s){approximately}4 TeV. For an expected luminosity of L=200{endash}1000fb{sup {minus}1} per year, {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup {minus}} and {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup +} (or {mu}{sup {minus}}{mu}{sup {minus}}) collisions can be used to study longitudinal W{sup +}W{sup {minus}} and W{sup +}W{sup +} (or W{sup {minus}}W{sup {minus}}) scattering with considerable precision. In particular, detailed measurements of the distribution in the VV pair masses (V=W{sup {plus_minus}},Z) will be possible. The shape and magnitude of these distributions will provide a powerful tool for determining the nature of strong gauge-boson interactions. Event rates will be large enough that projection techniques can be used to directly isolate final states with different polarizations of the V{close_quote}s and verify that the strong interaction cross section excess is mainly in the longitudinal-longitudinal mode. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
- Research Organization:
- Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-91ER40661; FG02-95ER40896; FG03-91ER40674
- OSTI ID:
- 471207
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, D, Vol. 55, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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