Possibility of measuring the magnetic moment of the W boson at heavy-ion colliders

Journal Article · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.2755· OSTI ID:6258816

Couture, G ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York (USA) Physics Department, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (USA)

We consider the possibility of measuring the magnetic moment of the {ital W} boson at a heavy-ion collider. We find that the cross section for the process Pb+Pb{r arrow}{gamma}{gamma}{r arrow}{ital e}{sup {plus minus}}{nu}{sub {ital e}}{mu}{sup {minus plus}}{nu}{sub {mu}} is very sensitive to this parameter and that a 3{sigma} measurement of 35% seems possible at the CERN Large Hadron Collider and a precision of 8% or so at the Superconducting Super Collider, given an integrated luminosity of 0.1 pb{sup {minus}1}.

• OSTI ID: 6258816
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 44:9; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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