Experimental W boson physics at future e sup + e sup minus linear colliders

Conference · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5083924

Barklow, T L

The study of triple and quartic gauge boson vertices will be the centerpiece of experimental W boson physics at the next generation e{sup +}e{sup {minus}} linear collider. We examine the sensitivity of a {radical}{bar s} = 500 GeV e{sup +}e{sup {minus}} linear collider to anomalous structure in the W{sup +}W{sup {minus}} {gamma} and W{sup +}W{sup {minus}}Z vertices. These vertices are tested by observing the reactions e{sup {minus}} {gamma} {yields} {nu}W{sup {minus}}, {gamma}{gamma} {yields} W{sup +}W{sup {minus}}, and e{sup +}{sup {minus}} {yields} W{sup +}W{sup {minus}}. We also look at W{sup +}W{sup {minus}} rescattering in e{sup +}e{sup {minus}} {yields} W{sup +}W{sup {minus}} as a means to study W{sup +}W{sup {minus}} {yields} W{sup +}W{sup {minus}}.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 5083924
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-5808; CONF-9209112--1; ON: DE92013763
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACCELERATORS
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BOSONS
CROSS SECTIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELECTRON-POSITRON INTERACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
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